Word Magic, Inspiration, and Awe: Readings and Conversation with Kwame Alexander

Join the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities for readings and a conversation with Kwame Alexander on Tuesday, April 23, at 6 p.m. in the Linsalata Alumni Center located at 11310 Juniper Road. 

This event will include readings by Alexander, as well as conversation with Michele Tracy Berger, Eric and Jane Nord Family Professor and Director of the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities.

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About the Speaker

Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, Emmy-award winning producer, and #1 New York Times bestselling author of 39 books, including Why Fathers Cry at Night, An American Story, The Door of No Return, Becoming Muhammad Ali (co-authored with James Patterson), Rebound, which was shortlisted for the prestigious UK Carnegie Medal, and The Undefeated, the National Book Award nominee, Newberry Honor, and Caldecott Medal-winning picture book illustrated by Kadir Nelson.