USI to welcome internationally recognized poet to celebrate Poetry Month

The University of Southern Indiana is excited to welcome Carlos Andrés Gómez as the National Poetry Month keynote speaker. His presentation will take place at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 15 in the USI Performance Center. The presentation is open to the public at no charge. 

Gómez is a Colombian American poet, speaker, actor and educator from New York City. He authored Fractures, Hijito, Circling Fatherhood and the memoir Man Up. He is also star of Def Poetry Jam, Verses and Flow and Spike Lee’s Inside Man. 

Gómez’s honors include, but are not limited to, the Sandy Crimmins Prize, Atlanta Review Prize and Foreword INDIES Gold Medal. He also partnered with John Legend on Senior Orientation, a program to counteract bullying among high school students.  

While at USI, Gómez will also hold a Creative Writing Workshop for USI students, as well as a Sips and Sonnetts event, before the keynote presentation. 

For more information or special accommodations for the keynote presentation, contact the USI Dean of Students Office at 812-228-5164.