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

(ages 14 and up)

3:00 pm to 3:45 pm

Cavalier House Books Tent

Book Signing

National Student Poet, Southeast Region