march, 2026
Event Details
D-CLAIM 005: April Sojourner Truth Walker
D-CLAIM is a Dallas-based jazz & literature collective founded by poet/bassist J.D. Debris, backing contemporary poets with hypnotic live-band grooves. Sponsored by SMU Project Poëtica, the third Thursday of every month at The Wild Detectives, D-CLAIM brings together hip-hop tinged jazz with a poetry reading, highlighting an improvisational confluence of words and music.
Piano: Manny Galindo
Saxophone: Ste’fon Landers
Bass: J.D. Debris
Percussion: Nicholas Rothouse
Drums: Joshua Ferrell
April Sojourner Truth Walker, PMP is a Dallas native who studied at Emory University in Atlanta and Hollins University in Virginia. Before starting her writing coaching company – A Little More Truth, LLC – in April of 2020, she worked for seven years as a Senior Project Manager at AT&T.
April is currently an Adjunct Professor at Dallas College and UNT Dallas. Previously, she was an Adjunct Professor at Oklahoma City Community College for seven years, teaching a myriad of classes in the Humanities since. A perfect day for April is one spent in nature with her camera, a cup of tea, and nowhere to be.
Her current manuscript, Fire Psalm, grapples with how the history of the black community in Dallas is covered up by the city’s constant need to revitalize its image. She is also working on a manuscript exploring the role of women in the three major religions of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, and how these historically man-made roles manifest in women’s lives today.
This event is free and open to the public.
