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Join us for an inspiring evening with award-winning poet and author Tony Keith Jr. as he discusses his latest book, Knucklehead, a young adult poetry collection.
Join Capitol View Library for an inspiring evening with award-winning poet and author Tony Keith Jr. as he discusses his latest book, Knucklehead, a young adult poetry collection.
This program is supported by the DC Public Library Foundation. Register and attend for your chance to get a free copy of the book courtesy of the DC Public Library Foundation. Limited quantities available.
Tony is an award-winning Black U.S. American gay poet, spoken word artist, and Hip-Hop educational leader from Washington DC. Or, you can just call him an “Ed Emcee”. He is the author of How the Boogeyman Became a Poet and Knucklehead, both published by Harper Collins.
A multi-year fellow of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Tony has featured performances at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington National Cathedral, Historic Lincoln Theatre, Bus Boys & Poets, and in schools and communities around the world including South Africa, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago and many more.
His poem Black Man On Fire won first prize in the Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest and his performance of Code Switched is featured in the award-winning documentary series Talking Black in America and published in Centering Possibility in Black Education. Also, his poem Views For Damani is published in Poemhood: Our Black Revival - a YA poetry anthology about history, folklore and the Black experience.
He is also co-author of the award-winning book Open Mic Night: Campus Programs that Champion College Student Voice and Engagement, and his academic work appears in the International Journal of Critical Media Literacy, Equity & Excellence in Education, the Journal of Black Masculinity, the Journal of Negro Education and several others.
In addition, Tony serves as a leader in his community. Tony is currently on the board of Directors at Shout Mouse Press, the Advisory Council at On Open Book Foundation, is the Vice President of Programming for the SE-NE Friends of Capitol View Library, and serves as a Site Coordinator with the DC Board of Elections
AGE GROUP: | 13 - 19 Years Old (Teens) |
EVENT TYPE: | Poetry Month | Friends of the Library | Author Talk |
