# Event Details - **Event Name**: Lullaby for the Grieving Author Event with Poet Ashley Jones - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm - **Event Description**: Come meet Ashley Jones, Alabama's first Black and youngest Poet Laureate ( 2022-2026) and celebrate h her new book Lullaby for the GrievingAbout this EventWe first came to know Ashley M. Jones through her book Reparations Now! Hanif Abdurraqib let us know that Reparations Now was full of bursts with ancestors and homages...... So we were delighted to learning of this more personal work and delighted that she wants to share it with us in Detroit. Everyone is welcome and poets are encouraged to join us for the poetry event. There are free and book tickets at this link. Both books are available in store with us. The event will included a a rich discussion that may include poetry read aloud, Q & A session and a booksigning line. A Shelf Awareness 2025 Best Book of the YearWith previous work hailed by the New York Times as “unflinching” and “piercing”, Ashley M. Jones’s Lullaby for the Grieving is her most personal collection to date.In her fourth poetry collection, Jones studies the multifaceted nature of grief: the personal grief of losing her father, and the political grief tied to Black Southern identity. How does one find a path through the deep sorrow of losing a parent? What wonders of Blackness have to be suppressed to make way for "progress"?Ashley M. Jones served as the first Black and youngest Poet Laureate of Alabama from 2022-2026. She is the author of three previous collections of poetry, including Reparations Now!, longlisted for the PEN Voelker Poetry Award. Jones and her work have been featured by Poetry, Good Morning America, the BBC, the New York Times and other publications. Jones holds an MFA in Poetry from Florida International University, and she is currently a PhD student in English at Old Dominion University. She is the founding director of the Magic City Poetry Festival in Birmingham, Alabama. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/detroit/lullaby-for-the-grieving-author-event-with-poet-ashley-jones/100001982407336709 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, festivals - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Flullaby-for-the-grieving-author-event-with-poet-ashley-jones-tickets-1982407336709 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 19.16, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Detroit - **state**: MI - **country**: United States - **location**: Source Booksellers - **lat**: 42.3513987 - **long**: -83.06380460000003 - **full address**: Source Booksellers, 4240 Cass Avenue, Detroit, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Source Booksellers (https://allevents.in/org/source-booksellers/22770752) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/f22144ea716373af6002a6867b8a0f028512166783e5c9f73d1da9341399a464-rimg-w1200-h600-dc672519-gmir.png?v=1770261526 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/191d80f76547fd1f9d4ddeec493478de4f9bfc67998463422f719b25bb7cd21e-rimg-w400-h400-dc672519-gmir.png?v=1770261524 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Source Booksellers, 4240 Cass Avenue, Detroit, United States - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 19.16 USD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Source Booksellers - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, literary-art, festivals - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Lullaby for the Grieving Author Event with Poet Ashley Jones ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Lullaby for the Grieving Author Event with Poet Ashley Jones", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/f22144ea716373af6002a6867b8a0f028512166783e5c9f73d1da9341399a464-rimg-w1200-h600-dc672519-gmir.png?v=1770261526", "startDate": "2026-03-14", "endDate": "2026-03-14", "url": "https://allevents.in/detroit/lullaby-for-the-grieving-author-event-with-poet-ashley-jones/100001982407336709", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Source Booksellers", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "4240 Cass Avenue", "postalCode": "48201", "addressLocality": "Detroit", "addressRegion": "MI", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "42.3513987", "longitude": "-83.06380460000003" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Come meet Ashley Jones, Alabama's first Black and youngest Poet Laureate ( 2022-2026) and celebrate h her new book Lullaby for the Grieving", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "2026-03-14", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "19.16", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/detroit/lullaby-for-the-grieving-author-event-with-poet-ashley-jones/100001982407336709" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "url": "https://allevents.in/detroit/lullaby-for-the-grieving-author-event-with-poet-ashley-jones/100001982407336709", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "url": "https://allevents.in/detroit/lullaby-for-the-grieving-author-event-with-poet-ashley-jones/100001982407336709", "price": "19.16", "name": "General Admission with Book Ticket" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "url": "https://allevents.in/detroit/lullaby-for-the-grieving-author-event-with-poet-ashley-jones/100001982407336709", "price": "10.07", "name": "General Admission with Book Ticket (2 for 1 deal)" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Source Booksellers", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/source-booksellers/22770752", "description": "Source Booksellers, an independent bookstore in Detroit's Midtown district, offering a unique niche of non fiction books since 1989. 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