Poet Laureate Reading with Jaki Shelton Greene

The SHESBS Cultural Calendar of Events will host a poetry reading with NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green. A native of North Carolina, with over 40 years of teaching and activism in the literary community she’s an award-winning poet and the author of eight books of poetry. 

“Jaki Shelton Green brings a deep appreciation of our state’s diverse communities to her role as an ambassador of North Carolina literature. Jaki’s appointment is a wonderful new chapter in North Carolina’s rich literary history.” ~Governor Roy Cooper