Hank Stewart To Be Named Atlanta Poet Laureate
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On Monday, a collection of Atlanta dignitaries including Congressman Hank Johnson and former news anchor Monica Pearson will gather to name Hank Stewart as the city’s poet laureate. Stewart has been a writer and spoken word poet for 25 years, as well as a public speaker and foundation president.
Stewart calls his spoken word “conscious poetry,” and says that it is a message to people who “don’t always have a chance to listen to long sermons,” and notes his work teaching creative writing to high school youth and the incarcerated.
“Sometimes where the pulpit is not allowed,” Stewart told City Lights host Lois Reitzes, “poetry is, and so you have an opportunity to encourage, inspire and motivate.”
At the proclamation ceremony at Atlanta City Hall, Stewart will also release his book “Twenty-Five Years And Counting,” a retrospective of his career.
Hank Stewart’s proclamation ceremony and book signing will take place at Atlanta City Hall’s atrium on Monday at 5 p.m.
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