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Seeding Black Futures: Ariana Benson and Ashia Ajani

Seeding Black Futures: Virtual Book Launch

In this virtual reading hosted by the Oak Spring Garden Foundation and Furious Flower Poetry Center, Lauren K. Alleyne introduces Ashia Ajani, who reads from their debut collection, Heirloom (Write Bloody Publishing, 2023), and Ariana Benson, who reads from their debut collection, Black Pastoral (University of Georgia Press, 2023), winner of the 2022 Cave Canem Poetry Prize.

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Ariana Benson
Black Pastoral
University of Georgia Press
Ashia Ajani
Heirloom
Write Bloody Publishing
Lauren K. Alleyne
Furious Flower Poetry Center
reading
conversation
2024

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