WCDH Hosts Black History Month Virtual Poetluck

The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow (WCDH) is proud to showcase the literary talent of our Black alumni and friends at a special edition virtual Poetluck in celebration of Black History Month. It will take place on Thursday, February 18, at 6:30 pm CST on Zoom and Facebook Live. This Poetluck will be emceed by guest host, Janis Kearney. Additional readers include Garbo Hearne, Morris McCovey, Rosalyn Story, Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Kristin Hunt, and Phumi Morare.

is an author, publisher, and writing instructor who was inducted into the Arkansas Writers Hall of fame in 2016. Shepurchased the historic  Newspaper from civil rights legend Daisy Gatson Bates in 1988. She served in the Clinton-Gore Campaign in 1992, and in the Clinton Administration as white house media affairs specialist, and as Personal Diarist to President Clinton.  In 2003, she and her husband established a small publishing company, Publishing. She has published 10 books and is currently working on a Mahalia Jackson biography. In 2014…