Has been providing that room for poets of African American descent
“Ours is not a monolithic identity. There is no one way of being an African American poet. That’s one of the refreshing things about Cave Canem. You are not asked to come in with an agenda or leave an agenda. We don’t ask poets to be anything but who they are.”
| That's a quote from Cornelius Eady in Soledad Santiago's Free New Mexican article "Cave Canem: Poets of Tradition and Transgression"; if you're free Wednesday, Nov. 15, and anywhere near Santa Fe, go rest your bones and let your ears do the listenin'.
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