Poetry & Soup Potluck with Major Jackson and Airea D. Matthews
About This Event
Join us for an evening of poetry, conversation, and something warm to share as we celebrate Major Jackson’s anthology A Bowl of Goodness . Major will be joined in conversation by poet Airea D. Matthews for a discussion of poetry, A Bowl of Goodness , and what nourishes and comforts us in difficult times. Afterward, we’ll gather around the table for a community soup potluck! Bring a pot of your favorite soup to share and your admission to the event is free.
Ticket options:
Event Only: $5
Book + Event: $27
Bring a Pot of Soup: FREE admission ("purchasing" the $0 ticket is required for planning purposes)
Come for the poetry, stay for the soup and community!
Featured Author
Major Jackson
Major Jackson is the author of six books of poetry, most recently Razzle Dazzle: New & Selected Poems, recipient of the inaugural Patricia Cannon Willis Prize from Yale Library. His edited volumes include Best American Poetry 2019, Renga for Obama, and Library of America’s Countee Cullen: Collected Poems. Former host of The Slowdown podcast, from American Public Media, he is the recipient of fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, John S. Guggenheim Foundation, and National Endowment for the Arts. Jackson lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where he is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University. He serves as poetry editor of The Harvard Review. Major Jackson is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts. Michael Ruhlman is the author of The Elements of Cooking, The Soul of a Chef, and The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America, among others.
About the Venue
Celia Bookshop
We are a woman-owned independent bookstore in the heart of Swarthmore offering a curated selection of new books including bestsellers, classics, and a large children's section. Community-centered, Celia is more than a bookstore—it’s a place to connect, explore, and find something you didn’t know you were looking for.
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