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Concord Poetry at the Library Series
Sunday, February 4, 3:00-4:15 pm, The Goodwin Forum
How Joy Is An Act of Resistance: January Gill O’Neil
In poems from Glitter Road that look back at the end of a marriage, a heartbreaking loss, and a new relationship against the backdrop of a Mississippi season, Massachusetts poet January Gill O’Neil reflects on the history and legacy of Emmett Till, how his story is intertwined with her own, and wades through the incredible grief she feels for herself, her children, and the Black children who won’t come home tonight. These poems reclaim the vulnerable, intimate parts of a life in transition and celebrate womanhood through awakenings, landscapes, meanders, and possibilities.