Listen to the wisdom of poets George Elliott Clarke and Kirwyn Sutherland at Afro-Caribbean Perspectives: A Conversation with George Elliott Clarke and Kirwyn Sutherland. Clarke is the 4th Poet Laureate of Toronto (2012-15) and the 7th Parliamentary/Canadian Poet Laureate (2016-17). He is a professor of English at the University of Toronto. Sutherland is a Clinical Research Professional and poet who explores poems about the Black experience in America. He is a Watering Hole fellow and has attended workshops/residencies at Cave Canem, Winter Tangerine, Poets House, Philadelphia Sculpture Gym and Pearlstein Art Gallery at Drexel University. Poet and educator Warren Longmire is the event’s moderator. Free, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The event is in conjunction with Blue Stoop. Free Library of Philadelphia – Parkway Central, 1901 Vine St., (Rm. 108; enter by Wood Street entrance behind the library). 215-686-5402. Registration is required