The Road to Rescue - Evie Shockley - Radcliffe Institute

Immerse yourself in a captivating 50-minute poetry reading by Evie Shockley, a 2018–2019 Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Listen as Shockley, a professor of English at Rutgers University–New Brunswick and author of three poetry books, shares selected works from her collection. Experience her unique blend of 20th-century African American literature, contemporary poetry, and black studies. Discover her latest work-in-progress, a long narrative poem that combines elements of epic poetry, speculative fiction, and exploratory writing. Gain insights into Shockley's creative process as she presents poems such as "London Bridge," "The New Black," "Hiring Slaves," and "The Mountaintop," culminating in her piece "Winter."