The Furious Flower Poetry Center features award-winning multi-media artist Krista Franklin for the next installment of their Poetry Reading Series. Krista Franklin will visit James Madison University as a part of the Boundless Bound Symposium.
The event will take place on Thursday, October 30th, 2025, at 5 PM EST in Taylor 404, located at The Union, 170 Bluestone Drive, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807. The evening will include a reading of Franklin’s work by the author followed by a book signing session. This gathering is free and open to the public and welcomes poetry lovers, students, educators, and community members to meet and listen to the work of a multifaceted and nationally acclaimed artist. Books by Krista Franklin will be available for purchase at the event.
Featured Poet Bio:
Krista Franklin is a writer, performer, and visual artist, the author of Solo(s) (University of Chicago Press, 2022), Too Much Midnight (Haymarket Books, 2020), the artist book Under the Knife (Candor Arts, 2018), and the chapbook Study of Love & Black Body (Willow Books, 2012). She is a Cave Canem fellow, a recipient of the Helen and Tim Meier Foundation for the Arts Achievement Award and the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant. Her visual art has exhibited at Western Exhibitions, DePaul Art Museum, Poetry Foundation, Le Crédac, Konsthall C, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Studio Museum in Harlem, Chicago Cultural Center, National Museum of Mexican Art, and as set dressing for music videos and national television programs. Her writing and art is in the collections of DePaul Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Library of Congress Rare Books and Special Collections, and the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection + Archive. She is published in Poetry, Black Camera, The Offing, Vinyl, and a number of anthologies and artist books.

Event Details:
What: Furious Flower Reading Series with Krista Franklin
When: Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 5 PM EST
Where: Taylor 404, The Union, 170 Bluestone Drive, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
Parking: Off-campus guests of James Madison University’s Campus have permission to park in the Grace Street Parking Deck
For more information, please contact Jazmin Witherspoon at furiousflower@jmu.edu or visit https://www.jmu.edu/furiousflower/index.shtml