You are invited to a 200th birthday celebration in honor of Exeter-born Abolitionist poet, James Monroe Whitfield, in the Exeter Town Hall art gallery on April 2nd, from 1-3pm. Whitfield was recently profiled in the local book "Incident at Ioka", and the scholarly book "Works of James M. Whitfield: America and Other Writings by a Nineteenth-century African American Poet." Two of his works were included in the 2021 anthology "African American Poetry; 250 Years of Struggle and Song".
This event takes place during the annual Exeter LitFest, a free celebration of local authors in the Exeter Town Hall. The Exeter LitFest has a full day schedule of local novelists, poets, mystery writers, free books, and more. The full noon-5pm schedule will be posted soon on their website ExeterLitFest.com
Exeter LitFest is a 501(c)3 non-profit whose mission is... “To leverage our wealth of local literary treasure, in an environmentally sustainable way, to connect both residents and tourists to the diverse literary voices and places of greater Exeter, NH for the benefit of children and adults, the local arts community, and local businesses.”
