Artists Space

Segue Reading Series: Alexis Almeida & makalani bandele

Reading
April 13, 2024, 5pm

11 Cortlandt Alley & Online
Broadcasting here

This reading is presented as part of the Segue Reading Series.

Black text overlays a pixelated gradient pattern in various hues of pink and yellow. The text reads: “April 13 / Alexis Almeida / makalani bandele.” Text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)"
[Black text overlays a pixelated gradient pattern in various hues of pink and yellow. The text reads: “April 13 / Alexis Almeida / makalani bandele.” Text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)"]

Alexis Almeida is the author of I Have Never Been Able to Sing and Things I Have Made a Fiction. She co-translated Carlos Soto Román’s 11. Her translation of Roberta Iannamico’s Many Poems is forthcoming. She teaches at the Bard Microcollege at the Brooklyn Public Library and edits 18 Owls Press.

makalani bandele is a writer, poet, and visual artist. He is an Affrilachian Poet, National Endowment of the Arts, and Cave Canem fellow. He published three books of poetry, his latest, (jopappy & the sentence-makers are) eponymous as funk, won Futurepoem’s 2022 Other Futures Award, forthcoming in Fall 2024.

Artists Space Venue is generously supported by Lonti Ebers, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Allan Schwartzman, David Zwirner, and an anonymous contributor.