Blue Star Contemporary and Sala Diaz have partnered to bring poet Clemonce Heard to San Antonio on Thursday, April 14 for National Poetry Month.
Heard will read from his recently published poetry collection, Tragic City, which investigates the events of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
The winner of the 2020 Anhinga Robert Dana Prize, Heard’s work has been featured in The Missouri Review, Cimarron Review, Iron Horse, World Literature Today and elsewhere. He also served as the 2021 resident artist at Casa Chuck at Sala Diaz.
Tickets for the event are $50, which include admission, light snacks, drinks and a copy of Heard’s Tragic City. Ticket revenue will benefit both Sala Diaz and Blue Star Contemporary equally.
$50, 6–8 p.m., Thursday, April 14, The Spire, 230 Center Street, bluestarcontemporary.org.
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