Sunday, June 14 @ 3:00 pm: Join us for the Closing Keynote presentation of our special A250: A Deep Dive into the Declaration of Independence program series offered in collaboration with Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center.
We are honored to welcome Antoinette Brim-Bell, Connecticut’s 8th State Poet Laureate. Ms. Brim-Bell will present an original poem written specifically for A250: Declaration Deep Dive that will engage with the ideals of the Declaration of Independence in a forward-looking way, particularly inspired by the tradition of inaugural poems.
Ms. Brim-Bell is the author of three full-length poetry collections: These Women You Gave Me, Icarus in Love, and Psalm of the Sunflower. She has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize for both poetry and essay. Ms. Brim-Bell is a Cave Canem Foundation Fellow and an alum of Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation (VONA), and is a Professor of English at CT State Community College, Capital.
Support for A250: A Deep Dive into the Declaration of Independence is provided by CT Humanities. Â Additional promotional support provided by Ridgefield Commemorates America at 250.
