Poetry and History: A Conversation with Kwoya Maples and Laura Secord

In this talk, poets Laura Secord and Kwoya Maples will read from their historical collections–Secord’s novel in verse chronicles the lives of her ancestors who were tried for being witches in Puritan America, and Maples’ collection details the grisly story of the birth of gynecology in Alabama. They will engage in a conversation about the research and writing of their historical books, and they will give audience members tools for their own projects-in-progress.