This evening, guest artist Helena D. Lewis will perform a reading at 7 p.m. in the Kirby Hall Salon as part of the English Department’s Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series. The evening with Lewis will include a reading and Q&A with the audience. The event is free and open to the public.
Lewis is an award-winning actress, poet and playwright. Her one-person show, “Call Me Crazy: Diary of A Mad Social Worker,” featuring 25 characters and chronicling her work in the social service field, won the AUDELCO 2014 Best Solo-Performance Award, Best Short at the Downtown Urban Theater Festival in New York and was Festival Pick at the inaugural DC Black Theater Festival.
Lewis has performed at numerous universities and colleges across the country and has been featured in the award-winning series Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry. In 2019, she received the EMART Theater Services award for her contributions to Black Theater and social work.
Lewis earned her doctorate in social work from Rutgers University and is also a licensed clinical social worker, a licensed clinical alcohol drug counselor and a certified HIV/AIDS health educator. She is currently the substance abuse treatment director for a 51-bed facility for women inmates.
The final guest speaker in the series will be George Saunders on Tuesday, April 15; registration is required.
For more information, visit wilkes.edu/dickson.