Teri Ellen Cross Davis is a phenomenal poet and author of A More Perfect Union (Ohio State University Press, 2021) and Haint (Gival Press, 2016). She is also the Poetry Coordinator for the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. In this season four finale, Teri talks about the desire she has for the country to create a more perfect union for Black women.

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Since 1968, the Folger's poetry reading series has brought hundreds of distinguished poets to read from their work on stage. A new Virtual Poetry Writing Workshop, titled Shakespeare's Sisters: Say Her Name, will be  led by poet and Folger Poetry Coordinator Teri Cross Davis and poet and author Kim Roberts. This workshop explores the poetry of Black women in America, encouraging workshop participants to write responses to esteemed poets of the contemporary moment. The workshop will be offered in two 4-week sessions and course will run virtually on Wednesdays from 5-7pm ET, now through December 1, 2021. 

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