On Thursday, October 8, at 6:30 p.m., the Cave Canem Foundation presents the 15th in the Legacy Conversations series. Legacy Conversations are talks with pre-eminent poets and scholars who have shaped African-American poetry.

Legendary playwright, poet, and novelist Ntozake Shange will read selected works and discuss her life in letters with director and performer Claude E. Sloan, Jr., who directed the first regional production of Ms. Shange’s Spell # 7 in Cambridge, Massachussets. Shange’s Obie-winning play for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf also received Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award nominations.

This free event will take place at Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor.

Sponsored by Cave Canem Foundation and the New School Writing program.