Events at Stanford
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22:52 Jan 21, 2022
Date: Friday, January 28, 2022. 12:00 PM. Location: Zoom Born in Nigeria in 1984, Inua Ellams is an internationally touring poet, playwright, performer, graphic artist, and designer. He is an ambassador of the Ministry of Stories and his published books of poetry include Candy Coated Unicorns and Converse All Stars, Thirteen Fairy Negro Tales, The Wire-Headed Heathen, #Afterhours, and The Half-God of Rainfall-an epic story in verse. His first play The 14th Tale was awarded a Frince First at the Edinburgh International Theatre Festival and his fourth Barber Shop Chronicles sold out two runs at England’s National Theatre. He recently completed his first full poetry collection, The Actual, is currently touring An Evening With An Immigrant and working on several commissions across stage and screen. He lives and works in London, where he founded the Midnight Run, a nocturnal urban excursion. Heis a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Ato Quayson is the Jean G. and Morris M. Doyle Professor in Interdisciplin...