MIDNIGHTROSE: A Reading Series of Poetry & Prose--Season 3 featuring Joshua Myers, Aldon Nielsen & Sunil Freeman

SPEND YOUR FALL AFTERNOON LISTENING TO SOME OF THE FINEST POETS IN THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN REGION:

A.L. Nielsen was the first recipient of the Larry Neal Award for poetry. Other awards include the SAMLA Studies Prize, the Kayden Award, the Darwin Turner Award and the Josephine Miles Award. A graduate of the University of the District of Columbia and George Washington University, he has taught at several universities in the United States and in China. His works of scholarship include Reading Race, Writing between the Lines, Black Chant, C.L.R. James: A Critical Introduction and The Inside Songs of Amiri Baraka. With E. Ethelbert Miller he published the interview/memoir Meme Wars. His most recent books of poetry are Supertrios, Hard Gospel, Spider Cone, Tray and Back Pages: New and Selected Poems. His spoken word albums can be found on the major streaming services, and at the Penn Sound website. He and his wife, Anna Everett, now divide their time between Santa Barbara, California,…