Please join chapter president Rachel Gulotta '12 and area alumni, parents and friends for

Clint Smith '10
Counting Descent
Poetry Reading
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
6 - 7:30 p.m.

Garden District Book Shop
2727 Prytania Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Click here for map and directions.

Clint Smith's debut poetry collection, Counting Descent, is a coming of age story that seeks to complicate our conception of lineage and tradition. Smith explores the cognitive dissonance that results from belonging to a community that unapologetically celebrates black humanity while living in a world that often renders blackness a caricature of fear. His poems move fluidly across personal and political histories, all the while reflecting on the social construction of our lived experiences. Smith brings the reader on a powerful journey forcing us to reflect on all that we learn growing up, and all that we seek to unlearn moving forward.

This book is available in paperback for $15.

Please RSVP below by Monday, October 17.

Questions? Contact Lauren Biggers in the Office of Alumni Relations at alumnievents@davidson.edu.