Poet Quenton Baker
October 29, 2024

Visiting Writers Series Welcomes Quenton Baker

Event Details

Date & Time

Tuesday, Oct 29, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM


Location

Humanities 153, College Common


Contact/Registration

Questions? Email Tod Marshall.


Event Type & Tags

  • Academics
  • Arts Culture

About This Event

The Visiting Writers Series welcomes poet, Quenton Baker, to campus on October 29, 2024 for an evening reading from his collection, ballast. Quenton Baker is a poet, educator, and Cave Canem fellow. Their current focus is black interiority and the afterlife of slavery. Their work has appeared in The Offing, Jubilat, Vinyl, The Rumpus and elsewhere. They are a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, and the recipient of the 2018 Arts Innovator Award from Artist Trust. They were a 2019 Robert Rauschenberg Artist in Residence and a 2021 NEA Fellow. They are the author of we pilot the blood (The 3rd Thing, 2021) and ballast (Haymarket Books, 2023).

Learn more about Quenton Baker at quentonbaker.com.