Charleston Music Hall

Charleston’s first Poet Laureate, Marcus Amaker, is releasing his tenth book, Hold What Makes You Whole. The book is a 200-page, pocket-sized, full-color poetry collection about jazz, Blackness, self care, fatherhood, Star Wars, social justice, music, and memory. Amaker is celebrating the release with a series of tour dates in Charleston, which you can see below. The book release party will be April 4th at the Charleston Music Hall. Pre-orders are available at NewPoetryBook.com TOUR DATES April 4, 2023 VISUAL POETRY: MARCUS AMAKER’S BOOK RELEASE PARTY 7 pm, Charleston Music Hall, 37 John St, Charleston, SC 29403 $15 (general admission) $25 (general admission, includes book) TICKETS ON SALE JAN. 9 with Jammie Huynh, CONCEPT RXCH, Goose Creek High School poets: Emerson Finch Muck, Alyssa Ruth-Cole, and I.R. Kingsley April 8, 2023 POETRY READING & PERFORMANCE 2 pm, Charleston County Main Library, 68 Calhoun St, Charleston, SC 29401 Free April 27, 2023 BOOK RELEASE PARTY 7 pm, Charleston Library Society, 164 King St, Charleston, SC 29401 Free with Alexandra Peters May 12, 2023 ELECTROPOEMS: POETRY AND SYNTHESIZERS 7 pm, Public Works Art Center, 135 W Richardson Ave, Summerville, SC 29483 Free with CONCEPT RXCH and Niecy Blues