Born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, Nadia Wright is a special honors AP student at Murrah High School, a two-time recipient of the Gold McMullen Scholarship, and winner of 30 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in two years, including an American Voices & Visions nomination and a national Silver Medal award. Her love of her Black culture and Black literary greats began with authors like Toni Morrison, Kiese Laymon, and Jesmyn Ward.

Schedule

1:45 pm to 2:45 pm

State Library, Fifth Floor, Capitol View Room

Narrative 4 and the National Student Poets

with Felice Belle, Marcus Burns, Darrell Bourque, Robert Gao, Sofia Kamal, Anya Melchinger, Nadia Wright, and moderators Hannah Jones and Dennis Nangle

3:00 pm to 3:45 pm

Cavalier House Books Tent

Book Signing

National Student Poet, Southeast Region