When Water is Safer Than Land: Warsan Shire’s “Home” as a Work of Witness
Global Perspectives on Race and Racism
November 2, 2023
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Central Time
When Water is Safer Than Land: Warsan Shire's "Home" as a Work of Witness
This presentation will provide a close reading and annotation of Warsan Shire’s poem “Home” as a work of witness, migration, and displacement.
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About the Speaker
Dr. brittny ray crowell is an Assistant Professor of English at Clark Atlanta University. She earned her doctorate in Literature and Creative Writing with a focus in Poetry at the University of Houston. A recipient of a Donald Barthelme Prize in Poetry and the Lucy Terry Prince Prize, her poems have appeared in Copper Nickel, Ploughshares, and elsewhere. Her work as a librettist has been featured at Ohio State University and the Kennedy Center’s Cartography Project. Her current research focuses on polyvocality, personal archives, and intuitive witness in the work of Black women poets.
Date posted
Oct 20, 2023
Date updated
Oct 20, 2023