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“I Guess It Was My Destiny To Live So Long is a series of nights and events that center on the spirit of June Jordan's work: not just her politically radical approach to poetics, but also her radical and expansive approach to the love poem, the form and urgency of love as a central topic, and the understanding that people, collectively, must work to build a new world.”
—Hanif Abdurraqib
Following up last year’s powerful election-week poetry series, BAM Curator at Large and MacArthur Genius Hanif Abdurraqib is back with another dynamic program of events calling us to celebrate poetry’s power to connect. Honoring the legacy of legendary Brooklyn poet June Jordan, a constellation of artists, writers, and performers activate BAM’s spaces, illuminating the truths of our moment via poetic imagination.