Author, playwright and poet Pearl Cleage has been talking, writing and serving Atlanta since she made the city her home in 1969. Notably, she served as press secretary and speech writer for the first Black Atlanta mayor, Maynard Jackson.
Cleage was the first Atlanta poet laureate and she writes prolifically on issues of race, gender and social justice. Her newest production, “Something Moving: A Meditation on Maynard,” will have a special performance by the Palefsky Collision Project students at Woodruff Art Center’s Rich Theatre on Jan. 15 at 3 p.m. The full-scale show will premiere this fall at the Alliance Theatre.
Cleage joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes to preview the upcoming play.
Read this story now for free
To continue reading, sign up for our newsletter and get unlimited access to WABE.org
You can select your preferences for news and local content. We will never share your email address. Learn how your newsletter sign-up will support WABE and Public Media
