The Library of North Carolina's Government and Heritage Library invites you to join us for an in-person Documentary Poetry Workshop with North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green. In this workshop, Jaki Shelton Green will facilitate a creativity salon focused on What We Keep Keeps Us: Exploring Our Human Museums. As we think of ourselves as our own curators or personal anthropologists, we will explore what's in our human museums and how these primary sources shape our lives, our values, and our creativity.

Workshop participants are invited to bring artifacts, photos, objects, heirlooms, or stories that hold special meaning for them. This session will include a writing exercise and discussion that examines the many narratives, memoirs, short stories, poems, novels, and legacies that are hidden in full sight... just waiting to be written.

Registration is required and limited to 100 registrants. This event is free and open to the public.

Details:
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET
Location: The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR) Auditorium | 109 E Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601
Registration is required and limited to 100 registrants. This event is free and open to the public.