Virtual Poetry Slam with The Writer's Den and Richmond Poet Laureate Roscoe Burnems
Join us for a virtual poetry slam, hosted by The Writer's Den and Richmond's very own poet laureate, Roscoe Burnems! The slam will feature five accomplished slam poets: Breeze the Poet, Sheri Hall, Megan Rickman-Blackwood, Monica Edwards, and Derrick Lee. Come see these spoken-word poets compete over two (virtual) rounds!
Host Roscoe Burnems is a National Poetry Slam Champion (2014), NPS Group Piece Finalist (2018), and NUPIC/Underground Slam Champion (2019). He is the founder and member of The Writer's Den Poetry Slam team and collective. In January 2021, he was named Richmond's first poet laureate.
- Date:
- Wednesday, April 28, 2021
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 8:00pm
- Categories:
- Author Visit Virtual
Meldon Jenkins-Jones is the Richmond Public Library / Community Services Manager at Hull Street Branch Library.
Meldon also chairs the Get Lit Advisory Committee which supports the Richmond Public Library Get Lit Reading Initiatives including the Black Male Emergent Readers (BMER) program and the Lit Chicks Read book clubs.
Meldon is a graduate of the Leadership Metro Richmond Class of 2022. She was the first recipient of the Virginia Library Association (VLA) Librarians of Color Forum Award in 2021 and is an active member of VLA. She presented “Libraries Bringing Community Together” at the 2023 VLA Annual Conference.
In 2011, Meldon received her Master of Library and Information Studies from Florida State University. She received her Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers University School of Law—Newark and practiced law in New Jersey until her retirement in 2003. Meldon received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she studied African American Studies and Russian Civilization.
A Metro Richmond resident, Meldon is the mother of two adult children and enjoys spending time with her grandchildren.
