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92NY’s Goldman Center for Children and Family provides an exceptional array of programs designed to support children at every stage of their development.
High school classrooms connect with contemporary and classic literature by attending readings and meetings with featured authors presented in this new program, launched in coordination with 92NY’s Unterberg Poetry Center.
Students participating in this season’s program will explore the work of acclaimed poets Danez Smith and Robin Coste Lewis, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames, and theater director Saheem Ali.
Date: Mon, Apr 3, 2023
Time: 11 am ET
A reading and conversation about FAT HAM, Ijames’s reinvention of Shakespeare’s masterpiece, Hamlet.
Date: Tue, Mar 7, 2023
Time: 11 am-12:30 pm ET
A reading and conversation about HOMIE, Danez Smith’s magnificent anthem about the saving grace of friendship, and To The Realization of Perfect Helplessness, Robin Coste Lewis’s new genre-bending exploration of poetry, photography, and human migration.
The High School Literary Arts Program is produced by The 92nd Street Y’s Center for Arts Learning & Leadership (CALL) and Unterberg Poetry Center. The 92nd Street Y (92NY) is a nonprofit community and cultural center located in New York City. For nearly 150 years, 92NY has brought people together through groundbreaking programs in the performing and visual arts, literature and culture, adult and children’s education, talks on a wide range of topics, health and fitness, and Jewish life. To connect with the staff of 92NY CALL, please email us.
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