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Apr. 24 | An Evening with Rachel McKibbens
Apr. 24 | An Evening with Rachel McKibbens
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Echo Thread Projects is thrilled to invite Rachel McKibbens to Hopewell, NJ for a reading from the highly anticipated re-release of her critically acclaimed poetry debut, Pink Elephant hosted at Wull & Oak (10 E. Broad St., Hopewell, NJ). Following Rachel’s reading, there will be a Q&A session and a book signing. Copies of Pink Elephant will also be available at the event for purchase, courtesy of Farley’s Bookshop.
Friday, April 24, 2026
7:00 PM: doors open*
7:30 - 9:00 PM: Rachel McKibbens
Filled with the weight of her experiences, Rachel’s poetry and performance delivers a kind of honesty that is both brutal and selfless. Readers and audience alike are left feeling the urgency of every moment as these poems explore the meanings, and consequences, of family, relationships, and love.
Content warning - themes in the book and conversations surrounding the book may touch upon sensitive themes such as domestic abuse, trauma, and other difficult subjects.
About Rachel McKibbens (Camacho) (from the back cover of Pink Elephant):
Rachel Camacho is a two-time New York Foundation for the Arts poetry fellow and misfit educator with three acclaimed full-length books of poetry, blud (2017), Into the Dark & Emptying Field (2013), and Pink Elephant (2009, re-released in 2026.)
In 2012, Rachel founded The Pink Door Writing Retreat, an annual intensive held exclusively for non-men writers of color in upstate New York.
Rachel was recently the subject of the podcast We Were Three, from the producers of Serial.
She believes Palestine will be free in her lifetime.
About Pink Elephant (from Button Poetry):
Pink Elephant is a song of survival, gritty and honest, brutal and beautiful. Camacho’s entrancing storytelling and rich language are hypnotic–refusing to let the reader look away. The collection dissects a coming-of-age within an abusive home, the recovery from that trauma, and what building a family looks like in the aftermath.
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**Echo Thread Projects aims to keep poetry and the arts accessible for all, and the cover price helps us to continue organizing programming like this. If the ticket cost is a barrier for attending, please reach out to us via our Contact Form and we will respond as soon as possible.
DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS, THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT. PLEASE PURCHASE YOUR TICKET ON THE ECHO THREAD PROJECTS WEBSITE - TICKETS HERE
