The Program in African American Studies will be hosting a book talk and public conversation with Dr. Therí A. Pickens. Dr. Pickens is a Professor of English at Bates College, specializing in African American, Arab American and disability literatures and theories.

Dr. Shanna Greene Benjamin, Professor of African American Studies at Wake Forest University, will lead the conversation with Dr. Pickens about her first collection of poetry, What Had Happened Was (Duke University Press 2025). A reception will follow. 

Thank you to the Department of English, the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Creative Writing for co-sponsoring this event. 

Read more about Dr. Pickens.