Booking and details
Dates Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 7:30pm
Tickets $20
Duration 60 minutes
Please note: Children under the age of 4 are not permitted.
Join Folger Poetry in honoring the legacy of former Folger Shakespeare Library Director O.B. Hardison, Jr. in an evening of dynamic readings by the next generation of local poets.
DC-based singer, author, educator, and youth worker Alexa Patrick (Remedies for Disappearing) will be joined by Tatiana Figuroa Ramirez, Kenny Caroll Jr, and Sasa Aakil to read works that honor the past, energize the present, and envision the future.
The reading will be followed by a book signing in the Great Hall.
Can’t join us in person? Purchase virtual access to a live streaming of the reading.
Featured in Washington City Paper‘s 2025 Fall Arts Guide.
Ticket offer for current and recent past Federal Employees affected by the government shutdown
In light of the ongoing government shutdown, Folger Poetry is extending an invitation for all current and recent past Federal Employees to join us for the reading for only $10, or to reserve complimentary virtual access to a livestreaming of the reading.
Federal workers may reserve up to two (2) tickets* online using the code FEDERAL. Please bring proof of current or recent employment when picking up tickets at will call.
*Subject to availability.
Meet the poet
Alexa Patrick
Alexa Patrick (she/her) is a vocalist and poet from Connecticut. She is the author of Remedies for Disappearing (Haymarket Books 2023) and holds fellowships from Cave Canem, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and more. In spring 2023, Alexa made her stage production debut as Un/Sung in the opera We Shall Not Be Moved, (dire. Bill T. Jones). You may find her work in publications including Adroit, CRWN Magazine, and The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic. Visit alexapatrick.com for more.