reading & Discussion, APRIL30TH, Sunday, 2 pm, central library, 1000 4th ave, Seattle

Poem of Stone & Bone: The Iconography of James W. Washington Jr. in Fourteen Stanzas and Thirty-One Days
Publisher Raven Chronicles Press
ISBN: 978-1-7354780-2-9
Trade paper, 7x10, Matte Cover, 166 pages
Price: $40, independent bookstores;
$30 on Raven website, w/CD.

Join us for a reading and presentation with local author and visual artist Carletta Carrington Wilson, who will discuss her recent Raven Chronicles Press publication of

A Speculative Inquiry into the Origins of the Washington Library and its Foundation as the Inspiration for the Creation of the poem, Poem of Stone & Bone.

Sunday, April 30, 2023, 2-4pm, Central Library,

1000 Fourth Ave, Seattle, Level 1 - Auditorium

As artist-in-residence at the Dr. James and Janie Washington Studio and Cultural Center in the Central District, Wilson created a series of site-specific installations whose process is documented in Poem of Stone & Bone. Journal entries chart her journey and visceral responses to objects found on the grounds, in the house and studio of the artist. Poem of Stone and Bone engages objects, land and literature to create a nuanced perspective on the life and work of James W. Washington Jr.

Copies of the book, Poem of Stone and Bone, will be available to purchase at the event, courtesy of Raven Chronicles Press.

Carletta Carrington Wilson is a literary, mixed-media, and installation artist. She explores the "text" of textiles. Her work appears in This Light Called Darkness, Take a Stand: Art Against Hate, The African American Review, Cimarron Review, Obsidian III, and Cascadian Zen: Bioregional Writings on Cascade Here and Now. Her works have been exhibited at Wa Na Wari, CoCA, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art and the Northwest African American Museum.