PLEASE NOTE: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our Spring 2021 will be virtual. Thanks to funding from the Tennessee Arts Commission, we have reconfigured our beloved poetry series to a virtual offering. Line Breaks, founded in 2002 by poet and visual artist Thandiwe Shiphrah, is one of Nashville's oldest community-based poetry series, dedicated to fostering community by building bridges of understanding between people of diverse cultures and featuring many local, regional and national poets of color. Line Breaks supports both emerging and renowned poets and has provided Nashville audiences with exception opportunities to engage with their work. To learn more about our Line Breaks Literary Reading Series, check out this video, A Portrait of Line Breaks, created by Thandiwe Shiphrah and Daniel Arite.
2020-2021 Virtual Line Breaks Series
December 11, 2020 - In Memory of Montanez Wade & Patricia Albrecht
February 12, 2021 - The Poet as Griot with Tamarind Jam
March 12, 2021 - The Poet as Story Weaver & A Portrait of Line Breaks with Thandiwe Shiphrah
April 9, 2021 - The Poet as Documentarian, Historian & Agitator with Jaki Shelton Green
May 12, 2021 - The Story of U.S. with Kalai Mugilan and other immigrant poets TBA
December 11, 2020 - In Memory of Montanez Wade & Patricia Albrecht
February 12, 2021 - The Poet as Griot with Tamarind Jam
March 12, 2021 - The Poet as Story Weaver & A Portrait of Line Breaks with Thandiwe Shiphrah
April 9, 2021 - The Poet as Documentarian, Historian & Agitator with Jaki Shelton Green
May 12, 2021 - The Story of U.S. with Kalai Mugilan and other immigrant poets TBA
All programs, including Line Breaks, of the Global Education Center are made possible with support from the Metro-Nashville Arts Commission, the Tennessee Arts Commission and National Endowment for the Arts.