Cynthia Manick

Poet| Storyteller| Curator

Cynthia Manick - Poet and Storyteller

Author of No Sweet Without Brine, Editor of The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry, and Author of Blue Hallelujahs; Curator of Soul Sister Revue

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Underwater New York and the Brooklyn Historical Society

  • Brooklyn Historical Society 55 Water Street Brooklyn, NY, 11201 United States (map)

Current / Bodies: Art and Action on the Waterfront

Tue, Jan 23, 6:30 pm

$5/Free for Members

Brooklyn Historical Society and Underwater New York present six New York artists and writers whose works address the history and future of our waterways. Join photographer Chester Higgins, visual artists Barry Rosenthal, Nancy Nowacek, and Francis Estrada, and poets Cynthia Manick and Wo Chan as they consider New York’s waterfront as a site of continuity and a threshold for political, social, and environmental change.Offered in connection with the new exhibition “Waterfront” at BHS DUMBO.

Earlier Event: January 16
Bad Advice from Bad Women Reading
Later Event: March 3
Poetry & The Body with Chia-Lun Chang, Alex Cuff, Rico Frederick, Ricardo Hernandez, Cynthia Manick and Adeeba Talukder