Tyehimba Jess, a Pulitzer Prize winner and fiction and poetry author, will be the featured speaker at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 27, at the Gaithersburg Library. The  presentation recognizes National Poetry Month. Jess will speak at the free event on poetry, creativity and expression and his work as a poet and fiction writer.

The Gaithersburg Library is located at 18330 Montgomery Village Ave. in Gaithersburg.

The event will be offered via live streaming. Registration is required to attend the in-person event or to view it via live streaming. To register, go to https://mcpl.libnet.info/event/8183068.

Jess is the author of two books of poetry. Olio won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Midland Society Author’s Award in Poetry and an Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Leadbelly was a winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series. The Library Journal and Black Issues Book Review named it one of the “Best Poetry Books of 2005.”

Following the presentation, Jess will sign books during a reception with light appetizers.