What It Means to Be Human honors the legacies of Mari Evans and Etheridge Knight: poets who grew to international prominence while maintaining ties to Indianapolis. The festival will gather local artists and scholars to put the writers’ contributions to literature and the community into perspective. Events will include a scholar’s panel, generative poetry workshops, and a poetry reading. All events will be free to the public with registration through Eventbrite required for attendance. Complimentary drinks and snacks will be served.

Schedule:

3:00 p.m. Panel discussion

4:00 p.m. Writing workshop: Look On Me & Be Renewed: poems in spirit of Mari Evans

5:00 p.m. Writing workshop: Indiana Haiku: poems in the spirit of Etheridge Knight

6:00 Poetry readings with DJ ESide E V V and pizza