Wanda Coleman Reading Beyond Baroque

Join a stellar group of poets and writers to celebrate the life and work of Wanda Coleman! Born on November 13, 1946, Wanda Coleman grew up in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. Her poetry collection Bathwater Wine received the 1999 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. Her books of poetry include Mercurochrome: New Poems, which was a finalist for the National Book Award in poetry; Native in a Strange Land: Trials & Tremors; Hand Dance; African Sleeping Sickness; A War of Eyes & Other Stories; Heavy Daughter Blues: Poems & Stories 1968-1986; and Imagoes. She also wrote Mambo Hips & Make Believe: A Novel, Jazz and Twelve O’Clock Tales: New Stories and The Love Project with Austin Straus. Hosted by Austin Straus. Regular admission.