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Poets sling some words at HCTC’s annual reading
Poet Makalani Bandele was the featured poet during HCTC's annual Evening with Poets on Thursday, April 26.
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The annual Evening with Poets was held again on the Hazard campus of Hazard Community and Technical College on Thursday, with featured poet Makalani Bandele reading several of his works. Several more poets read during the evening, including emcee Jim Webb, and poets whose worked appeared in the newly release 2012 edition of Kudzu, HCTC’s literary magazine, which is now available.

Photos by Cris Ritchie

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