Teachers and students are invited to join us for a performance by poet and photagrapher Thomas Sayers Ellis, whose newest book, Skin, Inc.: Identity Repair Poems takes a complex, searing look at the state of black identity in America. Speaking about Skin, Inc. Ellis says, “The
book is for you, a collective you. If there's an ideal reader, I guess it would be someone—black, yellow, white or red—interested in literary time travel, so that we don't end up here again...”

Matinee performances are FREE to school groups and are designed to make poets and writers accessible to youth who would not otherwise be able to attend our reading series. For a lesson plan featuring Ellis’ work, click here.

To reserve seats for this matinee, email Renee Angle at angler@email.arizona.edu by September 2, 2011. This performance is recommended for grades 7-12. 

 

Matinee performances are designed to make poets and writers accessible to youth who would not otherwise be able to attend our reading series. Poets are selected out of reading series based on their appeal to middle and high school audiences. Matinee performances are underwritten by the Friends of the Poetry Center and are FREE to school groups.  For more information on our Matinee Performances, visit our Matinee page.