"Talking to the Bones: Slavery in New York City," a Reading by David Mills

Where past meets present!King Manor Museum is the historic home of founding father, Rufus King, diplomat and framer of the United States Constitution. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, King Manor continues to host numerous seasonal festivals, family programs and classical music concerts year round. For information about upcoming events, visit http://www.kingmanor.org.

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A Reading with Poet David Mills at our We The People Civics Fair!

A﻿t our We The People Civics Fair, we are delighted to have poet David Mills present &quot;Talking to the Bones: Slavery in New York City,&quot; with selections from his work Boneyarn. This reading will be hosted in our historic Parlor, overlooked by a portrait of Rufus King, founding father and vocal antislavery advocate. This event is free and open to the public!M﻿ore about Boneyarn:&quot;David Mills&#x27; BONEYARN; about New York&#x27;s African Burial Ground--America&#x27;s oldest and largest slave cemetery--conducts a heart wrenching yet historically meticulous excavation of America&#x27;s contradictory allegiance to freedom and slavery; equality and racial hatred. Whether speaking about or through the voices of nameless servants or chimney sweeps; Mills combines a novelist&#x27;s love of character with a poet&#x27;s pitch perfect ear for idiom and eye for unforgettable detail. The imagination at work in this remarkable book is humane; unflinching; erudite and utterly moving. In its wide range of styles and voices--its empathy and outrage--BONEYARN is a profoundly American work that enlightens and chastens; laments and affirms or finds in lamentation a complicated form of affirmation. A marvelous achievement.&quot; --Alan Shapiro

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