MAY 9, 2022, 7 PM

TOI DERRICOTTE

Toi Derricotte’s sixth collection of poetry, “I“ New and Selected Poems, was shortlisted for the 2019 National Book Award. She was awarded the Frost Medal from the Poetry Society of America in 2020 and the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets in 2021. With Cornelius Eady, she co-founded Cave Canem, a home for the many voices of African American poetry, in 1996.