October 2024 Dante’s Old South
Major Jackson is the author of six books of poetry, including Razzle Dazzle: New & Selected Poems (2023) and The Absurd Man (2020). He is also the author of A Beat Beyond: The Selected Prose of Major Jackson .
A recipient of fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, The National Endowment for the Arts, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Major Jackson has been awarded a Pushcart Prize and has been honored by the Pew Fellowship in the Arts and the Witter Bynner Foundation in conjunction with the Library of Congress. Major Jackson lives in Nashville, Tennessee where he is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University. He serves as the Poetry Editor of The Harvard Review and hosts the podcast – The Slowdown.
Tim Blake Nelson is an actor, writer, director, and producer who has appeared in over ninety films including Just Mercy, Lincoln, Holes, The Incredible Hulk, Meet the Fockers, Minority Report, O Brother Where Art Thou?, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, and Old Henry. Other recent acting credits set for release in 2023 and 2024 include The Bricklayer, Bang Bang, Captain America: New World Order, and Invisibles. His playwriting credits include Socrates, Anadarko, The Grey Zone and Eye of God, the last two of which Nelson adapted and directed for the screen. Other film directing credits include O, Leaves of Grass, and Anesthesia the last two of which he also wrote. His first novel, City of Blows, was published earlier this year and will be released as a paperback in early 2024.
Geoffrey Owens was born and raised in the Prospect Heights section of Brooklyn, New York. He attended New York City public schools before attending Yale University.He has had a notable career as a teacher and an actor.
On television, he played ‘Elvin’ on NBC’s “The Cosby Show,” as well as roles on numerous other shows, including “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “Power,” and “Divorce.”
He currently lives in Montclair, New Jersey. He thanks Josette for all her support.
Seth Ingram is a seasoned film producer, educator, and Creative Director of the Rome International Film Festival (RIFF), where he has elevated the event into one of Georgia's most celebrated showcases for independent cinema. As the founder of the Film Program at Georgia Highlands College, Seth also serves as Division Chair of Film, Theatre, and Digital Entertainment, where he mentors emerging filmmakers. His production work includes films such as Signing Day, Spirit Halloween: The Movie, and Outlaw Posse. Recently, he was named one of Georgia’s most influential figures in the creative economy by Georgia Entertainment News.
Mobley, acclaimed indie singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, returns with a rhapsodic new single, "Y'r Ghost," via Last Gang Records / MNRK Music Group. Written, performed, and produced by Mobley himself, this release signals his reemergence from the studio, where he’s been fervently crafting the sci-fi epic foreshadowed on his late 2022 EP Cry Havoc!. “Y’r Ghost” offers a first glimpse of the next installment of this sweeping sonic and narrative world.
Additional Music by: Logan Mac “Dance Under Stars”
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