LINE BREAKS CELEBRATED 20 YEARS IN DECEMBER 2022!!!
Due to health and other family issues, the event was postponed until DECEMBER 2023!
OH NO!!! We need to postpone again until May so that the series founder, Thandiwe, can join us!
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.
Due to health and other family issues, the event was postponed until DECEMBER 2023!
OH NO!!! We need to postpone again until May so that the series founder, Thandiwe, can join us!
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.
UPCOMING POETS and AUTHORS - STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS
September 16, 2023 - 12:30 pm - Janaka Bowman Lewis - Lunch, Reading, Discussion for Mothers and Daughters and Grandmothers Too on Black Girl Magic
October 6 and 7, 2023 - Shonda Buchanan (reading & workshop) and Dr. Jane MacCorran (talk and panel discussion with Shonda Buchanan)
November, 2023 - still working on bringing a Cherokee poet - TBA
December 8, 2023 - A Holiday Poetry Happy Hour and Anniversary Celebration
February 23 and 24, 2024 - 7:00 pm - Frank X Walker (film, reading, workshop)
February 24, 2024 - 11:00 am - Fun Family Day @ Howard UCC Church with Frank X Walker and Graceful Soul Storyweavers (Tasneem and Jack e Grace)
March 29 and 30, 2024 - 7:30 pm - Stories from the Smoky Mountains by Jeanne Hardt
April 19 and 20, 2024 - 7:30 pm Reading and workshop with Colleen Anderson
May - TBA
September 16, 2023 - 12:30 pm - Janaka Bowman Lewis - Lunch, Reading, Discussion for Mothers and Daughters and Grandmothers Too on Black Girl Magic
October 6 and 7, 2023 - Shonda Buchanan (reading & workshop) and Dr. Jane MacCorran (talk and panel discussion with Shonda Buchanan)
November, 2023 - still working on bringing a Cherokee poet - TBA
December 8, 2023 - A Holiday Poetry Happy Hour and Anniversary Celebration
February 23 and 24, 2024 - 7:00 pm - Frank X Walker (film, reading, workshop)
February 24, 2024 - 11:00 am - Fun Family Day @ Howard UCC Church with Frank X Walker and Graceful Soul Storyweavers (Tasneem and Jack e Grace)
March 29 and 30, 2024 - 7:30 pm - Stories from the Smoky Mountains by Jeanne Hardt
April 19 and 20, 2024 - 7:30 pm Reading and workshop with Colleen Anderson
May - TBA
PAST LINE BREAKS EVENTS FROM 2022-2023
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And always in our hearts!
Visiting Poets & Storytellers since Line Breaks began Local Poets, Authors & Storytellers since Line Breaks began
Keisha A Anderson Thandiwe Shiphrah
Jimmy Santiago Baca Patricia Albrecht
Maria Baca Destiny Birdsong
Jericho Brown Albert Bender
Michelle Chan Brown Bill Brown
Rafael Campo Dr. Harriet Bias-Insignares
Xanath Caraza Kendra DeColo
Cathy Linh Che Kate Daniels
Patricia Davis Lisa Dordal
Nikky Finney Peg DuthieB
Brian Gilmore Blas Falconer
Jaki Shelton Green Kelly Falzone
Joy Harjo James Floyd
Ice Gayle Johnson Kana Gaines
Marilyn Kallet Jeimy Givens
Kurt Lamkin Melissa Gordon
Li-Young Lee Henry Jones
Luana Carol Juranko
Haki Madhubuti Susannah Kwan
Sally Wen Mao Michael "Diallo" McLendon
E. Ethelbert Miller Diana Morningstar
Rajiv Mohabir Kalei Mugilan
David Mura Sela Pearson
Jane Omerod Stephanie Pruitt
Naoko Ozaki N. Scott Reynolds
Alex Pate Karen Roberts
Alicia Portnoy Lauren Rooker
Socorro Romo Freya Sachs
Sonia Sanchez Karen Szabo
Laura Secord Tamarind Jam (Alita Terry & Kana Kavon)
Matthew Shenoda Tasneem Grace Tewogbola
Claudia Savage Graceful Soul Storyweavers (Tasneem and Jack e Grace)
Frank X Walker Konnetta Alexander