FOOD+ Market and Poetry

If you’re in Birmingham, come to Pepper Place Market this Saturday, September 21st, for food and poetry!

This Saturday, 21st September, you can be part of a super cool event that joins food and poetry. Most people enjoy at least one of those, but the ones who enjoy both are some of my favorite people!

Join Alabama Humanities Alliance’s “Women in Food” storytelling for FOOD+Market Mix presented by KROGER Delivery at the Market at Pepper Place.
Presenting a slate of phenomenal and accomplished poets, entrepreneurs, and established food writers eager to share tales from their unique cultural experiences. Birmingham Poet Laureate Salaam Green and poet Tania De’Shawn will moderate the day’s panels.

The South Has Something to Say About Food (7:45 AM – 8:30 AM)

Yawah Awolowo, Vegan Chef & Caterer    

Fatimah  Shabazz, owner of Solcial Veg Plant-Based Food Services

Tanesha  Sims-Summers, owner of Naughty But Nice Kettle Corn

Jasmine Smith, Recipe Developer & Tester and Culinary Producer

Alexis Kimbrough, owner of Herban Soul Cafe

Fanoula Gulas, owner of The Greek Kouzina

Poets & Writers on Food and Culture (10:15 AM – 10:45 AM)

Laura Secord, Poet

Audrey Atkins, Writer

Miriam Calleja, Poet

Karima Moor, Birmingham Youth Poet Fellow

Catherine Jessee, Assistant Digital Food Editor at Southern Living

The festival will also feature celebrity chefs, bookstores, and lots of great food!

I’ll be reading some poetry and discussing how and why I use food in my writing. Come speak to me!