Jennifer Bartell Boykin speaks to a group at Richland Library Sandhills for their Community Poet-tree for Random Acts of Poetry Day on Oct. 4, 2023. Random Acts of Poetry Day happens every first Wednesday of October.
Jennifer Bartell Boykin, Poet Laureate of Columbia, speaks at an open mic and banned books readout sponsored by Allen University at All Good Books in Columbia on Feb. 8, 2023. Boykin is one of two people who oversees the Poetry Battle Royale program.