Reading & Discussion: Tender Headed & Spectral Evidence

Charis welcomes Olatunde Osinaike and Gregory Pardlo in conversation with Aurielle Marie for a celebration of their recent poetry collections. Olatunde Osinaike's Tender Headed is a musical and formally playful meditation on Black identity and masculinity, selected by Camille Rankine as a winner of the 2022 National Poetry Series. Gregory Pardlo's Spectral Evidence is a  powerful meditation on Blackness, beauty, faith, and the force of law, from the beloved award-winning author of Digest and Air Traffic. Moderated by prize-winning poet and essayist Aurielle Marie this reading and conversation is one you don't want to miss.