(NEW YORK, NY, Nov. 11, 2026)–After book tour stops in cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., GRAMMY-nominated poet Kevin Powell wraps his 10-city national road show “A Night of Words and Conversation with Kevin Powell” next week with events in Dallas and Houston. The tour supports Powell’s 17th release, “A Poem for Evangeline, And Other Songs” (Get Fresh Books Publishing).
Mokah Coffee & Tea will host the writer and civil and human rights activist on Wed., November 18, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at its shop located at 2803 Taylor St., Dallas, TX 75226 in Deep Ellum/Old East Dallas. Project Row Houses, Eldorado Ballroom, and Kindred Stories present Powell on Fri., November 20, from 7-9 p.m. at the Eldorado Ballroom, Garden Room, First Level, 2310 Elgin St., Houston, TX 77004.
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At each event, Powell will read poetry, sign books, and lead a community conversation. Admission is free, and books will be available for purchase on site.
With “A Poem for Evangeline, And Other Songs,” Powell further cements his legacy as one of the most celebrated political, cultural, literary, and hip-hop voices in America. This collection is a series of tender and skillfully constructed love letters to his wife. But it is also a sensitive and sacred poetic manifesto for humanity, for America. Be it hate or violence in all forms, mental health, family, history, childhood traumas, the meaning of manhood, or his profound longing for peace, Powell channels forebears like Lucille Clifton, like Federico García Lorca, like the purple cadences and skylight hues of his kinfolk. The result is a poetry book for our times, but also for the times not yet imagined.
