Past Is Present A Conversation in Poetry
Channel: University of Alabama Libraries
Date: 2022-10-18

University Libraries, and the Alabama Center for the Book Present: Past Is Present: A Conversation in Poetry. 

On September 9th, 2022, University Libraries hosted a unique event  featuring three poets, Ashley M Jones, Poet Laureate of the State of Alabama, Jaqueline Allen Trimble, chairperson of Languages and Literatures at Alabama State University, and Kwoya Fagin Maples, Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Alabama. 

The poets had an improvisational conversation in which they only used their poetry to communicate with one another. Following the conversation, the poets debriefed the exercise, and took questions from the audience.  

We are proud to have hosted this wonderful event in conjunction with the Alabama Center for the Book, an affiliate center of The Library of Congress Center for the Book.