{"id":17004,"date":"2026-03-31T19:20:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/?p=17004"},"modified":"2026-04-08T17:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:36:34","slug":"african-poetry-book-fund-apbf-open-house-and-poetry-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/african-poetry-book-fund-apbf-open-house-and-poetry-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) Open House and Poetry Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/03\/APBFnewlogosm-trans.png\" alt=\"APBF logo with map of Africa on a purple background, the words African Poetry Book Fund in black over the map, the letter A in white over the map, the letters PBF to the right of the image filled partly with more of the map and partly with purple\" class=\"wp-image-17005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/03\/APBFnewlogosm-trans.png 870w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/03\/APBFnewlogosm-trans-300x102.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/africanpoetrybf.brown.edu\/\">African Poetry Book Fund<\/a> (APBF) is hosting an open house and poetry reading on <strong>Monday, April 13, 2026, from 3 to 5 p.m.<\/strong> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lib.brown.edu\/programs-spaces\/racial-justice-resource-center\">Racial Justice Resource Center<\/a> on the second floor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lib.brown.edu\/using-library\/visiting-library\/locations-hours\/john-d-rockefeller-jr-library\">Rockefeller Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The drop-in and information session will feature poetry readings by Rachel (Afia) Ansong, Jolyn Phillips, and Henk Rossouw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Free and open to the public. In person event. Light refreshments. Registration required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">African Poetry Book Fund<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The APBF promotes and advances the development and publication of the poetic arts of Africa. One of APBF\u2019s most exciting projects, the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/africanpoetics.brown.edu\/s\/portal\/page\/home\">African Poetry Digital Portal<\/a>&nbsp;(APDP)<\/strong>, also supported by the Library\u2019s Center of Digital Scholarship, provides access to biographical information, artifacts, news, video recordings, images, and documents related to African poetry from antiquity to the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Registration Required<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.brown.edu\/library\/event\/330183-african-poetry-book-fund-apbf-open-house-and-poetry-r\">Please register<\/a>. Attendees will be asked to show identification and sign in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) is hosting an open house and poetry reading on Monday, April 13, 2026, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Racial Justice Resource Center on the second floor of the Rockefeller Library. The drop-in and information session will feature poetry readings by Rachel (Afia) Ansong, Jolyn Phillips, and Henk <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/african-poetry-book-fund-apbf-open-house-and-poetry-reading\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) Open House and Poetry Reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,5,155,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-publications-digital-humanities","category-exhibits-events","category-home-page","category-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17004"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17014,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17004\/revisions\/17014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}