Thursday 4/9: Nine on the Ninth @ Busboys and Poets

Here's a note from the host, Busboys and Poets Poet-In-Residence, Derrick Brown...

National Poetry Month is upon us. As Spring slowly blooms so does poetry, though here at the Nine On The Ninth, we celebrate the vibrancy of poetry all year round, every Ninth day of the month at Nine in the evening.


I never thought that I'd be able to get these talented writers together one one stage, at one time, but I lucked and caught them both with openings on their book tours and new that The Langston Room had to be a destination that they had to reach while touring the country.

Not to mention both of their books are on sale in our amazing bookstore Busboys and Poets Books which is owned and operated by the great non profit Teaching For Change.

Check it..
DeLana R. Dameron holds a B.A. in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has a strong interest in the intersections of history and literature. Her poetry has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South, PMS: PoemMemoirStory, 42opus, storySouth, Pembroke Magazine, and Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review. She has received fellowships from the Cave Canem Foundation and Soul Mountain and is a member of the Carolina African American Writers Collective. Dameron, a native of Columbia, South Carolina, currently resides in New York City.

Raina J. León, Cave Canem graduate fellow (2006) and member of the Carolina
African American Writers Collective, has been published in The Cherry Blossom Review, Natural Bridge, OCHO, Poem.Memoir. Story, Black Arts Quarterly, Womb, Boxcar Poetry Review, Salt Hill Journal, Xavier Review, MiPoesias, Torch: Poetry, Prose and Short Stories by African American Women, Poetic Voices without Borders , Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem's First Decade, Growing Up Girl: An Anthology of Voices from Marginalized Spaces, AntiMuse, Farmhouse Magazine, Furnace Review, Constellation Magazine and Tiger's Eye Journal among others with forthcoming work in African American Review. Her first collection of poetry, Canticle of Idols, was a finalist for both the Cave Canem First Book Poetry Prize (2005) and the Andres Montoya Poetry Prize (2006).

I'm not sure if you realize the powerful words and the stage presence these two women possess individually. So image what's in store when they step on the stage together to engage the audience with their amazing new works. I'm also excited because after all the poetry has been read, the tears have been dried and the applause has died down, I get to interview them both and get to the center of what makes them poets.


I expect to see you there early. C'mon its National Poetry Month! You deserve to spoil yourself and indulge in some delicious poetry!

I hope that's enough convincing. Now comes the fun part: Tying everything together.

The Nine On The Ninth is a now legendary monthly poetry series that debuted back in October 2005. It's a feature driven format, which means, the feature opens the show and the open mic follows.


WHAT: The Nine On the Ninth Monthly Poetry Series

WHEN: Thursday April 9th, 2009 / Doors open at 8:30pm. Show starts @ 9pm


COST: Free! But generous donations are accepted and encouraged. Be on the look out for the "Basket Of Love" and put some of that love in the basket immediately after Delana R. Dameron and Raina J. Leon's feature set ends.


Open mic list opens at 8:30 or immediately after the Langston Room opens. One poem limit ( as time permits)


WHO Delana R. Dameron, Raina J. Leon and you!!!

WHERE: BusBoys And Poets in The Langston Room
2021 14th St NW ( at the corner of 14th and Vst N.W.)
Washington DC 20009

Metro Accessible: Green Line/ Ust Cardozo stop


HOSTED BY: Busboys and Poets own Poet-in-Residence Derrick Weston Brown

For additional info on times and schedules please call:

202-387-7638 (POET)

or log onto

www.busboysandpoets.com

www.teachingforchange.org

This event was funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc.