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Poetry Café: Story Poems - Two 20th Century Ballads

Poetry Café: Story Poems - Two 20th Century Ballads Online

Join this librarain-led, online poetry discussion group! For this final meeting in our 'story poems' series, we'll look at two ballads written in the 20th Century: Gwendolyn Brooks' Ballad of Rudolph Reed, and Woody Guthrie's The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd. We'll also pay some attention to the ballad form and it's foundation in song. Please register online.

Date:
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Time:
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Online:
This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
Audience:
  Adults  
Categories:
  Book Groups and Literature Discussions  
Attachments:
Registration has closed.

Handouts of the poem will be made available online and in print form at the library information desk the week prior to the event.