Poets in Black: Keynote reader

Student News | Monday, February 6, 2023

The 25th annual Poets in Black will feature spoken word poet Barbara Fant. The event honors Black History Month and showcases African American and Pan-African poets and writers.

Barbara Fant has been writing and performing for more than 15 years. She has competed in nine National Poetry Slam competitions and is a World Poetry Slam finalist. Fant is the author of two poetry collections, "Paint, Inside Out," and, from 2022, "Mouths of Garde." Her work has been featured in the Academy of American Poets, Electric Literature, McNeese Review, The Ohio State University Press, Button Poetry, and Def Poetry Jam, amongst others.

Fant has received residencies in Havana, Cuba, and Senegal, West Africa. For more than 12 years, she led healing-informed poetry workshops for both young people and adults who are incarcerated, those in the community, adults in recovery, and survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence. She is certified as a Healing Centered Engagement specialist and holds an MFA in Poetry and a Master of Theology. She is the founder of the Black Women Rise Poetry Collective. Fant is also a co-founder of The Senghor Project, West African International Artist Residency, and We THRIVE Healing and Arts Collective. 

Poets in Black will be held on Thursday, Feb. 23 from noon to 2 p.m. On the Columbus Campus, it will be in the Mitchell Hall Event Center Crane Room on the second floor. On the Delaware Campus it will be in Moeller Hall rooms 111 and 112. See the official flyer.

 

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