Remica Bingham-Risher’s Room Swept Home (Wesleyan) is a finalist for an L.A. Times Book Prize for poetry, and she is participating in the L.A. Times Festival of Books. Bingham-Risher will give a reading (10:20 am) and participate in the Poetry Finalist Roundtable (12:30 pm) on April 26th.
Marrying meticulous archival research with Womanist scholarship and her hallmark lyrical precision, Bingham-Risher’s latest collection treads the murky waters of race, lineage, faith, mental health, women’s rights, and the violent reckoning that inhabits the discrepancy between lived versus textbook history, asking: What do we inherit when trauma is at the core of our fractured living?
This year’s indoor and outdoor events at the festival includes over 200 author and celebrity panels, book signings, exhibitor booths, food and cooking demos, bilingual programming, and more. All outdoor events and activities are free.
See the full festival schedule here.