Join us for a poetry reading and discussion with Zoe Ward, the Tennessee Youth Poet Laureate and a National Gold Medalist in Poetry. Zoe is a Brentwood High School graduate. She is also a graduate of the Iowa Young Writers' Studio, the Adroit Journal Poetry Mentorship, and the Columbia Multi-Genre Creative Writing Workshop. Her work has been recognized by The Atlanta Review, DIALOGIST, Gannon University, and the JFK Foundation, among others. You can find her at @zoegward on Twitter.

The Tennessee Youth Poet Laureate program is a program of Southern Word and Urban Word. This discussion is presented in partnership with Southern Word and Urban Word.

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