Tom Martinez, Witness: Brooklyn Poet Laureate

Tina Chang, poet laureate of Brooklyn and author of Half-Lit Houses (Four Way Books, 2004), was one of four poets who participated in the Brooklyn for Peace sponsored event, “Poets Against War.”  Sapphire, whose novel Push was made into the Oscar-winning movie Precious, also read, along with Donald Lev and Dayl Wise.  The event was co-hosted by the Social Justice Committee of the Park Slope Methodist Church, where the reading took place.