PHOTOS: Bridging the Gap Poetry Showcase Recap
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May 23, 2012
On April 4, 2012, BHS hosted a poetry showcase featuring Nichole Acosta, Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, Adrienne Lyric, and Tara Betts. Organized by Nichole Acosta, poets from Bridging the Gap used their voices, words, history, and music to discuss mixed heritage, racial identity, and gender issues.
Chirishican diabetic foodie spoken word poet Nichole Acosta spoke about her upbringing and family and poet Tara Betts shared a Gwendolyn Brooks inspired poem. Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai performed a character prose piece about a Barbie factory worker in Taiwan while Adrienne Lyric used a drum, a guitarist and back up singers to bring her poems to life.
All photos by Willie Davis for the Brooklyn Historical Society, 2012.