BIRMINGHAM — The City of Birmingham’s inaugural Poet Laureate, Salaam Green, launches “Lyrics for Life: An Anthology of Poems from Birmingham Youth and Adults” on Thursday at the Birmingham Public Library’s Central Library.
The book launch runs 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at the library, 2100 Park Place. Admission is free, and registration is encouraged.
Green edited the anthology, with a foreword by Randall Horton. The book gathers poems from Birmingham poets and beyond — work that rises from porches, classrooms, juvenile impacted spaces and sacred places, according to the event listing.
The launch is presented in partnership with the Academy of American Poets Radical Reversal, the Magic City Poetry Festival, Birmingham Public Libraries, the City of Birmingham and Create Birmingham.
The evening features appearances by Green; Ashley M. Jones, executive director of the Magic City Poetry Festival; and Dr. Randall Horton, executive director of Radical Reversal — plus an open mic from select contributors.
Cover art for the anthology is by Kristin Farmer.