This kick-off event featuring Jerome Jennings and Naomi Extra's GET FREE COLLECTIVE will celebrate the fortieth year anniversary of the groundbreaking poetry anthology Confirmation: An Anthology of African American Women (1983) co-edited by Amina and Amiri Baraka. 

Confirmation featured work by black women poets--Abbey Lincoln, Amina Baraka, Lucille Clifton, Rashidah Ismaili and others--who engaged with jazz through the written and spoken word.  The event will feature original poetry performed by poet and multi-disciplinary artist, Naomi Extra, live jazz performance led by drummer, Jerome Jennings, a short conversation on the anthology, and special guests.