Monday Poets | Yolanda Wisher & Lamont Dixon
Literature Department at Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Room 108, 1st Floor, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Yolanda Wisher is the Poet Laureate of Philadelphia. The author of Monk Eats an Afro, Wisher performs a unique blend of poetry and song with her band The Afroeaters. She is currently working on her second book of poems, a recording of original songs, and a collection of essays.
Lamont Dixon is a poet, teacher and performing artist. He has been published in African Voices, Phylaxis, New Poet's Revolution, and Essence Magazine. He has received the Phylaxis Society's Award and the John G. Lewis Medal. He is once again our season’s moderator. Monday Poets is greatly enriched by his energy, talent and charm.
Literature Department
Pepper Hall (Room 207)
215-686-5402
Parkway Central Library
1901 Vine Street (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway)
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-567-4341