Poet, teacher, and cultural worker
On Saturday, June 15, 2019, Melissa Tuckey, Rev. Kimberly Johnson, Ella Engel-Snow, Denise Silva-Dennis, Jonathan Snow and Kathy Engel came together at Marders Garden Center in Bridgehampton for a reading from the Ghost Fishing poetry anthology.
For the website accompanying the project and exhibition at NYU Kimmel Galleries, click here.
Kathy Engel reciting her poem “Now Listen” in Sagaponack, NY.
On the occasion of the rescinding of the Fred Shuttleworth Award
to Angela Davis by The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
Appreciation to Cornelius Eady for his repeating line:
“I am a black American poet!” form his poem Gratitude.
The name Angela means messenger of the Gods.
The poem is featured on Portside. Click here to read…
On October 17, 2018, Ghost Fishing poet Ross Gay joined Kathy Engel, the Art and Public Policy class “Language is Action”, members of Food And Racial Equity Collective at NYU, Decarbonize NYU and members of the public for a reading of his poem “A Small Needful Fact” in front of the Kimmel Windows.
For more impressions of the event, klick here…
This gorgeous country loves to make a summer
orphan or take a parent’s child. The tree will soon
articulate its loss, first flush, then naked limbs.
Geese announce their disciplined direction.
– excerpt from “August Letter to a Poet” by Kathy Engel
Kathy’s poem is featured in “About Place Journal”, Volume V Issue II. To read the full poem, click here…
