Join us for an evening of poetry as we celebrate Tureeda Mikell’s new book The Body; Oracle of Memory

Tureeda Mikell, Oakland native, story medicine woman, poet, educator and activist for holism, Black Panther Alum, received the 2024 Berkeley Poetry Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She has traveled extensively from Egypt to China. Author of Synchronicity: The Oracle of Sun Medicine (2020), Patrice Lumumba Anthology , (co-curated 2021), and her full-length magical-realism collection, The Body: Oracle of Memory, Black Lawrence Press, 2024 is receiving national attention.

Susana Praver-Pérez is the author of two award-winning collections of poetry: Hurricanes, Love Affairs, and Other Disasters and  Return Against the Flow, both available through Black Lawrence  Press.  (website: susanapraverperez.com)

K.R. Morrison is a SF rooted poet who co-creates with community through music, writing, education, divination and other healing arts. Her book “Cauldrons” can be purchased online through PaperPress Books.

Taneesh Kaur is a US-born Punjabi teaching artist. She has a Master's in linguistics from SFSU, and is getting an MFA in poetry at USF. Her debut full-length collection, Thawing: A Poetic Memoir, was released in April 2024 from Collapse Press. More of her work in English and Spanish is at www.TaneeshCantos.com.

Oakland born poet James Cagney is the author of two books of poetry, including MARTIAN: The Saint of Loneliness, winner of 2021 James Laughlin Award from Academy of American Poets. Please Visit JamesCagneyPoet.com

Yeva Johnson, a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, explores interlocking caste systems and possibilities for human co-existence in our biosphere.  Yeva’s debut chapbook, Analog Poet Blues, is available at Black Lawrence Press.