Brownstone Poets is celebrating Black History Month!
You are invited to join us for our event on Zoom on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at 2 pm ET with JP Howard, Prince A. McNally, and Tantra-Zawadi. Plus a limited open mic. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.
Please follow the directions below, completing both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. Sign up early to read early in the program. Last-minute signup means you will read at the end of the program. The cutoff for Zoom access for an open mic slot is noon the day of reading. After noon, you will not be able to access Zoom. But you will receive a replay of the event after the reading.
Please follow these instructions: Step 1: Make your $5 contribution: https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO (Note that your contribution is not refundable.)
Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting: https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D
Step 3: After making your contribution and completing your registration, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.
**If you do not plan to attend, read in the open, or have too much trouble with Zoom registration, please skip Step 2 to register. Instead, please let us know, and we will send you the livestream link.
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/90938872...
JP Howard is a poet, educator, literary activist, curator, and community builder. JP was the Spring 2023 Brooklyn College Tow Mentor-in-Residence. Her debut poetry collection, SAY/MIRROR (The Operating System), was a Lambda Literary finalist. She is also the author of bury your love poems here (Belladonna*), Praise This Complicated Herstory: Legacy, Healing & Revolutionary Poems (Harlequin Creature) and co-editor of Sinister Wisdom Journal Black Lesbians–We Are the Revolution! JP has received fellowships and grants from Cave Canem, VONA, Lambda Literary Foundation, and Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). She curates Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon and her poetry is widely anthologized. JP is a general Poetry Editor for Women’s Studies Quarterly and Editor-At-Large of Mom Egg Review VOX online. http://www.jp-howard.com.
Prince A. McNally is a Brooklyn-born poet, activist, and teaching poet who facilitates workshops via schools and outreach programs, utilizing poetry and creative writing as a means of expression and self-discovery. His work has appeared in various publications and anthologies throughout the U.S. and abroad, receiving several nominations for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize for poetry.
Tantra-zawadi, a Brooklyn-born, award-winning, international performance poet and recording artist, is the author of three books of poetry: alifepoeminprogress (Chuma Spirit Books), Gathered at Her Sky, and Bubbles: One Conscious Breath (Poets Wear Prada). A passionate artist, educator and instigator with The Senegal-America Project, she presents in numerous global music compilations, anthologies, and publications, including a feature in Essence Magazine. To learn more about Zawadi, or to hear her latest music collaborations, please visit: https://linktr.ee/Tantrazawadi.