Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter

Michael Chabon is one lucky guy. Last night he was invit­ed to par­tic­i­pate in the White House’s first Poet­ry Jam, along with Joshua Ben­nett, James Earl Jones, Eric Lewis, Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Oso­rio, May­da Del Valle, and Esper­an­za Spald­ing, among oth­ers. The evening’s goal was to cel­e­brate poet­ry, music, and spo­ken word around the theme of dia­logue, ​“show­ing how dia­logue is impor­tant in every aspect of who we are as Amer­i­cans and as human beings, and demon­strat­ing how com­mu­ni­ca­tion is a con­stant through­out the ages.”

Ayelet Wald­man, Michael Chabon’s wife and author of the recent­ly pub­lished Bad Moth­er, shares more about their White House evening here.

To view a video of part of the evening, click here.

And more from The New York Times ​“Art Beat” Blog here.

And their Pol­i­tics and Gov­ern­ment Blog, here.

If you search ​“michael chabon+ayelet waldman+white house poet­ry,” you’ll find many more posts on this his­tor­i­cal evening. Search away!