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Friday, Mar 28, 2025	Friday, Mar 28, 2025 10:35 AM - 11:50 AM PDT		Dear Yusef: Quotes, Notes & Anecdotes For & About One Mr. Komunyakaa Yusef Komunyakaa is not only one of the most influential poets of the last half century, but also one if its most beloved teachers and mentors. This panel features fellow poets, friends, and former students reading from the anthology gathered in his honor, Dear Yusef: Essays, Letters, and Poems, For and About One Mr. Komunyakaa. Speaker(s): Presenter: Didi Jackson Presenter: Adrian Matejka Presenter: Nicole Sealey Presenter: Yolanda Franklin Moderator: John Murillo Tributes Panel Discussion Location: Room 402AB, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center Session Code: F142 Dear Yusef AWP Outline.pdf	Location: Room 402AB, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center Session Code: F142	2025032810:3511:50 030	FRI, MAR 28	55806854-0C1A-EF11-8100-B0DE0BDD54BD F2A2DABB-3445-EF11-8100-B0DE0BDD54BD BF560F83-6144-EF11-8100-B0DE0BDD54BD

Friday, Mar 28, 2025

Friday, Mar 28, 2025 10:35 AM - 11:50 AM PDT

Dear Yusef: Quotes, Notes & Anecdotes For & About One Mr. Komunyakaa

Yusef Komunyakaa is not only one of the most influential poets of the last half century, but also one if its most beloved teachers and mentors. This panel features fellow poets, friends, and former students reading from the anthology gathered in his honor, Dear Yusef: Essays, Letters, and Poems, For and About One Mr. Komunyakaa.

Speaker(s):

Presenter: Didi Jackson Presenter: Adrian Matejka Presenter: Nicole Sealey Presenter: Yolanda Franklin Moderator: John Murillo

Tributes

Panel Discussion

Location: Room 402AB, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center

Session Code: F142

Dear Yusef AWP Outline.pdf

Location: Room 402AB, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center

Session Code: F142

2025032810:3511:50 030

FRI, MAR 28

55806854-0C1A-EF11-8100-B0DE0BDD54BD
F2A2DABB-3445-EF11-8100-B0DE0BDD54BD
BF560F83-6144-EF11-8100-B0DE0BDD54BD

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