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Words cut deep: Pitt co-sponsers “Celebrating Black Poetry”

Words cut deep: Pitt co-sponsers “Celebrating Black Poetry”

By Matt Maielli / Staff Writer

June 21, 2016

Filed under Theater

Black poetry has a well-established home in Pittsburgh. The Kelly Strayhorn Theater hosted four poets on Sunday, June 19, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Cave Canem — Latin for “beware the dog” and pronounced “Kah-veh Kah-nem” — a nonprofit literary organization that highlights and...

Tags: Camille Rankine, Cave Canem, Danez Smith, Duriel E. Harris, Tyehimba Jess

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