Poetry Reading & Conversation with Kwame Alexander & Miriam O’Neal (Plymouth)

Please join us on October 22nd at 7pm in the Fehlow Room for a Poetry Reading & Conversation with nationally renowned author and poet, Kwame Alexander, and Plymouth Poet Laureate, Miriam O’Neal. The evening will include the writers sharing their work and engaging in dialogue about writing and inspiration in poetry! *REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Registrations open at 7:00pm Thursday, September 24, 2026 More about Kwame Alexander: Kwame Alexander is #1 New York Times bestselling author of 45 books, including Why Fathers Cry at Night, Black Star, a Coretta Scot King Author Honor boo, J vs K, an illustrated novel he penned with Jerry Craft, the motivational primer for graduates, creatives, ad professionals, entitled Say Yes, and The Crossover, his Newbery-Medal wining novel-turned Emmy® Award-winnig Disney+ TV series. He is also the co-creator and executive producer of the Emmy®-nominated Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band and Acoustic Rooster: Jazzy James, a PBD KIDS special and series of shorts produced by GBH Kids based onhis beloved children’s book of the same name. He regularly shares his passion for literacy, books and the craft of writing around the world. A recipient of the 2025 NAACP Image Award, Alexander is a 2026 Sine 250+ Fellow at American University and the founder of the literacy nonprofit, One Word at a TIme. More about Miriam O’Neal: Miriam O’Neal is the Poet Laureate of Plymouth, MA and hosts the poetry reading series, Poetry the Art of Words. She has published 3 collections of poetry; We Start With What We’re Given (Kelsay Books 2018), The Body Dialogues (Lily Poetry Review Press 2020), and The Half-Said Things (Nixes Mate Books 2022), as well as poems and reviews in many journals, including, The Galway Review, North Dakota Quarterly, and The Waxed Lemon. For signed copies of her work, contact her at [email protected]. You can also order her books from https://kelsaybooks.com/, https://lilypoetryreview.blog/, and https://nixesmate.pub (or from that other place). The Library is fully accessible. This free event is sponsored by: Funding in part by the Town of Plymouth Promotions Fund, America’s Hometown Laureates, Inc., Plymouth Public Library Foundation, The Plymouth Foundation and the Local Seen.