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DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the debut record of San Francisco's current Poet Laureate Tongo 
 Eisen-Martin, I Go To The Railroad Track And Follow Them To The Station Of 
 My Enemies. The spoken word album was released under Rocks In Your Head 
 Records. Eisen-Martin and friends share their poetry in the African 
 American Center on the third floor of the Main, San Francisco Public 
 Library. A discussion with Sonny Smith, from Rocks In Your Head Records, 
 follows the poetry reading.\n\nEisen-Martin, originally from San Francisco, 
 is a poet, movement worker and educator. His latest curriculum on 
 extrajudicial killing of Black people, We Charge Genocide Again, has been 
 used as an educational and organizing tool throughout the country. He is 
 the author of Heaven Is All Goodbyes (City Lights Books, 2017), which was 
 shortlisted for the Griffin International Poetry Prize, received the 
 California Book Award for Poetry, an American Book Award and a PEN Oakland 
 Book Award. He is also the author of Someone's Dead Already (Bootstrap 
 Press, 2015). Blood on the Fog (City Lights Books, 2021), his newest 
 collection of poems, is volume 62 in the City Lights Pocket Poets Series. 
 He is the San Francisco's current Poet Laureate.\n\nThis event will be held 
 in the African American Center Exhibit Space - 3rd Fl\n\nThis program is 
 sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.\nFor 
 accommodations (such as ASL interpretation or captioning), call (415) 
 557-4557 or contact accessibility@sfpl.org. Requesting at least 72 hours in 
 advance will help ensure availability.\n\nFree\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/06/21/18850588.php
SUMMARY:Performance: Tongo Eisen-Martin Spoken Word Album
LOCATION:San Francisco Main Library\n100 Larkin St\nSan Francisco, CA 94102
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/06/21/18850588.php
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