MFA will host Poet Laureate Olayiwola’s final reading on Jan. 23

Porsha Olayiwola Photo courtesy MFA

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) will celebrate Dorchester bookstore co-owner Porsha Olayiwola and her work as the City of Boston’s Poet Laureate with her final reading in the role next Thursday (Jan. 23) at 7 p.m.

Olayiwola is the co-owner of the Just-Bookish! store in Fields Corner, which opened last November. For six years, Olayiwola has served the local literary community, uplifting the city’s great traditions and embodying the future of poetry in Boston as the city’s laureate.

At her farewell reading, Olayiwola will be joined by Danielle Legros Georges, a former poet laureate and Parker-Vincent Alva, City of Boston Youth Poet Laureate, as well as musical guest Naomi Westwate.

“The Poet’s Envoi: Porsha Olayiwola’s Farewell Reading” will be held in the MFA’s Remis Auditorium. Tickets are free to all and available online.


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