The 41st Salina Spring Poetry Series, sponsored and organized by Salina Arts & Humanities, continues on Tuesday, April 15, with a reading by Wanderer.
The reading will begin at 7 pm at Red Fern Booksellers (106 S Santa Fe Ave). Admission will be $5 at the door and free for students with ID.
Traci Brimhall, Kansas Poet Laureate, curated this year’s series. Brimhall selected poets with a broad range of perspectives, who will share their work in Salina this April.
“I first heard Cydnée in Salina and was completely blown away. A musician and a spoken word artist, Cydnée has an incredibly strong performance style and a lyricism that shines through in both her song writing and poetry. The emotion in her work is strong. I feel my heart trying to punch through my chest in every poem,” says Brimhall.
Cydnée A. Reese is a multi-hyphenate artist and philanthropist whose work spans music, poetry, film, and social impact. She authored Ebony Blankets: A Collection of Poems by the Artist Called Wanderer and edited Joyce Lee's Dancing in the Presence of Men: A Book of Love & Lovers. Her children’s book, A Lot of Miles, is used in public school curricula as a tool to enhance literacy and introduce empathy.
Under the stage name Wanderer, she has won poetry slams nationwide, including at the renowned Nuyorican Poets Café in New York. As singer-songwriter Cydnée Alyxzan, she has collaborated internationally with artists from six countries and is a two-time International Songwriting Competition semi-finalist. Driven by her belief in art’s transformative power, she continues to inspire change through her creative pursuits.
For needed accommodations, please call Amanda Morris at Salina Arts & Humanities at 785-309-5770 between 8:00 am - 6:00 pm. Every effort will be made to accommodate known disabilities. For material or speech access, please call at least five working days prior to the event.