# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Frank X Walker, Kelly Norman Ellis, Nikky Finney, Parneshia Jones
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: An Affrilachian poetry reading celebrating the Frank X Walker folio in Poetry magazine.About this EventFrank X Walker coined the term Affrilachian to describe the third space of Blackness in Appalachia and “to create a sense of place that had not existed for us.”  Join us to celebrate the new folio in Poetry magazine, “Frank X Walker: Kinfolk,” which features a sampling of X’s poems from the last three decades and essays highlighting his influence and community. X’s fellow readers hail from the Affrilachian Poets Collective, including visiting poet Nikky Finney and Chicago poets Kelly Norman Ellis and Parneshia Jones.  Witness an artistic community “beholden to each other: bonded to place and people,” as Kelly Norman Lewis describes X’s workshops and gatherings.“if you thinkmakin’ ’shine from cornis as hard as kentucky coalimagine beingan Affrilachianpoet”—Frank X Walker, “Affrilachia” This event is part of the Poetry Foundation’s spring 2026 season,  No One Can Afford To Lose Love.Additional InformationAll Poetry Foundation events are completely free of charge and open to the public.Advanced registration is encouraged. The performance space is ADA-compliant and wheelchair-accessible.The program will feature CART captioning and ASL interpretation. For more information about accessibility at the Poetry Foundation, please visit our Accessibility Guide.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/frank-x-walker-kelly-norman-ellis-nikky-finney-parneshia-jones/100001981878659421
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, Workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Chicago
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Poetry Foundation
- **lat**: 41.895483
- **long**: -87.63011949999999
- **full address**: Poetry Foundation, 61 West Superior Street, Chicago, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Frank X Walker, Kelly Norman Ellis, Nikky Finney, Parneshia Jones being held?
  - **A:** Frank X Walker, Kelly Norman Ellis, Nikky Finney, Parneshia Jones takes place on Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Poetry Foundation, 61 West Superior Street, Chicago, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Frank X Walker, Kelly Norman Ellis, Nikky Finney, Parneshia Jones?
  - **A:** Frank X Walker, Kelly Norman Ellis, Nikky Finney, Parneshia Jones is organized by Poetry Foundation.

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