Poetry Reading with Santa Fe Poet Laureates
145 Washington Ave / 87501
Santa Fe Poet Laureate, Darryl Lorenzo Wellington
&
Santa Fe Youth Poet Laureate, Oz Leshem
Poetry Reading and Q&A
Friday, April 8TH at 4PM
Main Library
145 Washington Ave / 87501
Poetry Workshop
Saturday, April 9TH at 1PM
Southside Branch Library
6599 Jaguar Dr / 87507
Poet Bios
Darryl Lorenzo Wellington
Darryl Lorenzo Wellington has spent over 20 years as a journalist, syndicated columnist, playwright, poet, surrealist, and performance artist. His essays on poverty, economic justice, race relations, African American history, civil rights history, and post-Katrina New Orleans have appeared in The Nation, The Guardian, The Progressive, Christian Science Monitor, The Atlantic, Dissent, Crisis (NAACP’s magazine), and many more. His poetry chapbook Life’s Prisoners was recently published by Flowstone Press in 2017. He has appeared as a guest on the Tavis Smiley radio show and is currently a writing fellow at the Center for Community Change in Washington, D.C..
Oz Leshem
Oz Leshem is a poet from Taos, New Mexico. They are the 2021 Santa Fe Youth Poet Laureate and a national gold medalist in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Oz works with Youth United for Climate Crisis Action (YUCCA) and is an editor for Cathartic Youth Literary Magazine, a magazine aiming to create a safe space to urge the conversation on mental health and suicide prevention amongst teenagers. Oz’s work has been published in Teen Ink, Ice Lolly Review, Clear Skies Zine, and Dreams of Montezuma, among others. Oz was selected as a 2020 Miller Scholar for Creative Writing at New Mexico School for the Arts. They’re the recipient of the New Mexico State New York Life Award and a semi-finalist for the 2021 National Student Poets Program.
This program is sponsored by Friends of the Santa Fe Public Library
Santa Fe Public Library
Community Services Department, City of Santa Fe, New Mexico