Roslyn Ruff reads Gwendolyn Brooks’ Maud Martha (waited 3 years for this event) 🥹 https://t.co/N7z62RgukQ

When Gwendolyn Brooks turned 100–she was already gone—I wrote about her alter ego, Maud Martha, who vowed never to become an artist. Because “the work of art is not the only form that art takes.” https://t.co/lNdiFzdhPi

Don't miss #RoslynRuff's reading of Gwendolyn Brooks’ Maud Martha including an introduction by Margo Jefferson and a post-reading conversation with The New Yorker's Vinson Cunningham Jun 8. 🧵@92NYPoetry https://t.co/nZAQRxn3Fn