Presented by MOUNTAIN VALLEY SPRING WATER, CATHEAD DISTILLERY, MAKER’S MARK, 21C.
SFA’s 23rd Fall Symposium begins with Visions, invoking myths and memories of the past to craft an intentional future for our region. Poet Ada Limón shares original verse awash in chocolate sunflowers and cast-iron cornbread, in which food attempts to still time. Bartender Claire Sprouse mixes three cocktails for a sustainable future, each honoring a Black woman or man building resistance and awareness around climate change. See a South long obscured through the work of contemporary photographers who upend traditional narratives, guided by teacher and essayist Ralph Eubanks. Last, author Caleb Johnson reads a letter to his unborn son, hoping he will taste wild ramps and sour apples and worrying that, because of ongoing environmental devastation, he will never know a wild Gulf oyster.
Ada Limón has authored five books of poetry, including The Carrying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and was named one of the top five poetry books of the year by The Washington Post. Her book Bright Dead Things was a finalist for the National Book Award. She teaches in the Low Residency M.F.A. program at Queens University of Charlotte and splits her time between Kentucky, California, and New York.
- Year2020
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Presented by MOUNTAIN VALLEY SPRING WATER, CATHEAD DISTILLERY, MAKER’S MARK, 21C.
SFA’s 23rd Fall Symposium begins with Visions, invoking myths and memories of the past to craft an intentional future for our region. Poet Ada Limón shares original verse awash in chocolate sunflowers and cast-iron cornbread, in which food attempts to still time. Bartender Claire Sprouse mixes three cocktails for a sustainable future, each honoring a Black woman or man building resistance and awareness around climate change. See a South long obscured through the work of contemporary photographers who upend traditional narratives, guided by teacher and essayist Ralph Eubanks. Last, author Caleb Johnson reads a letter to his unborn son, hoping he will taste wild ramps and sour apples and worrying that, because of ongoing environmental devastation, he will never know a wild Gulf oyster.
Ada Limón has authored five books of poetry, including The Carrying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and was named one of the top five poetry books of the year by The Washington Post. Her book Bright Dead Things was a finalist for the National Book Award. She teaches in the Low Residency M.F.A. program at Queens University of Charlotte and splits her time between Kentucky, California, and New York.
- Year2020
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
