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Saturday, September 14, 2019

Celebration of Life in Honor of Ifeanyi A. Menkiti 1940-2019: Oct. 5th, 2019

IFEANYI A. MENKITI
August 24, 1940-June 16, 2019


Please Join us for a
Celebration of Life
in Honor of
Ifeanyi A. Menkiti
1940-2019
Saturday, October 5th
5:00 P.M.
Newton Country Day School
Auditorium
785 Centre Street
Newton, MA
Reception to Follow
Wheel Chair Accessible

In The Spirit of Ifeanyi, his family will continue the mission of the Grolier. We will remain open and carry forward the activities of the Bookshop. Thank you for your continued support.
Please Save the dates:
For our upcoming Fall Reading Series
Tuesday, September 17th, 2019
Subhashini Kaligotla
And
Philip Nikolayev
Tuesday, October. 22, 2019
7:00 P.M.
Reading for
Firsts 100 Years of
Yale Younger Poets Anthology
readers:
Jessica Fisher
Arda Collins

Saturday, November 2. 2019
Ariana Reines

Tuesday December 17, 2019
Nina Maclaughlin
Before a Common Soil
poem by Ifeanyi Menkiti 

Let this then be your understanding 
You sons and daughters of the ancient stars 
That your home reaches beyond 
The earth which is your home 
May you go forth across the land 
And with the movement of flutes 
Celebrate the blessings 
Which the gods have given you. 
May you catch the shifting of the light 
At the tip of the flute's tongue; 
And may you ask of the darkness 
That it remain with you 
Lest the light lose sight 
Of whence it came 
Yes, I have heard song 
The power of which was not of the world 
Though the singer of it was in the world; 
And I have called out to you, 
Children of an undivided earth, 
That you join your hands together 
And be of one accord before a common soil-- 
Lest the rivers cease to water the land 
Lest the voices of the singers be forever stilled. 
Yes, I have heard song 
The power of which was not of the world 
Though the singer of it was in the world. 

©Ifeanyi Menkiti

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