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May 17, 2025

10am – 6pm

Bohrer Park


Kwame Sound Daniels

Latest Title: The pause and the breath
The pause and the breath
The pause and the breath by Kwame Sound Daniels

This book is an answer to the American Sonnet. Through the structure of the sonnet, the pause and the breath explores the boundlessness that is the experience of xir black transness. Though laden with imagery, each sonnet remains a narrative that develops into an overarching narrative of wholeness. In this book, Kwame Sound Daniels urges the reader to pause and breathe through facets of personal identity.

About Kwame Sound Daniels

Kwame Sound Daniels is a traditional and fiber artist based out of Maryland. Xe are an Anaphora Arts Residency Fellow and an MFA candidate for Vermont College of Fine Arts. Xir first collection of poetry, “Light Spun,” was published in 2022 with Perennial Press. Xir second book, “the pause and the breath,” was on Lambda Literary’s Most Anticipated for January and came out in 2023. Kwame learns plant medicine, paints and makes what can tentatively be called potions in xir spare time.

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Author Schedule:

Venue(s):

Edgar Allan Poe Pavilion

Presentation Start Time:

12:15 pm

Presentation End Time:

1:05 pm

Signing Time:

1:15 pm

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