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SUMMARY:City of Asylum presents Poets Naomi Shihab Nye\, Michael Simms\, & Friends
DESCRIPTION:City of Asylum virtually presents Poets Naomi Shihab Nye\, Michael Simms\, & Friends on July 1 at 7:00 p.m. (EDT)\, in partnership with Vox Populi. \nFrom the organizers: \nThis is a virtual-only event streamed on City of Asylum’s virtual platform\, City of Asylum @ Home.\nRun time: 90 minutes \nNaomi Shihab Nye\, the current Young People’s Poet Laureate\, and poet Michael Simms gather international poets to share works that navigate themes of identity\, displacement\, and home in Gaza. \nAbout the poets: \nNaomi Shihab Nye is a poet\, songwriter\, and novelist\, and is theYoung People’s Poet Laureate through the Poetry Foundation\, has recently published Everything Comes Next\, The Tiny Journalist\, Cast Away\, and Voices in the Air – Poems for Listeners.\n\nMichael Simms’smost recent book of poetry is American Ash. As the founding editor of Vox Populi and the founding editor emeritus of Autumn House Press and Coal Hill Review\, Simms was recognized in 2011 by the Pennsylvania State Legislature for his contribution to the arts. \nPhilip Metres is a poet\, professor\, and author of Shrapnel Maps (Copper Canyon Press\, 2020) and Sand Opera\, among other books\, has recently been working with We Are Not Numbers\, an organization dedicated to mentoring Palestinian youth from Gaza as they write their stories for English-reading audiences. \nZeina Azzam is a Palestinian American poet\, writer\, editor\, and community activist\, whose chapbook Bayna Bayna In-Between was published in 2021. \nMosab Abu Toha is a Palestinian poet\, fiction writer\, essayist from Gaza\, is the Founder of the Edward Said Public Library in Gaza and was a visiting poet/scholar at Harvard in 2019-2020. \nCalifornian Danusha Laméris is the author of The Moons of August (Autumn House Press\, 2014)\, and Bonfire Opera\, (University of Pittsburgh Press\, 2020)\, teaches poetry independently\, and is on the faculty of Pacific University’s low residency MFA program. \nKathy Engel\, poet & cultural worker\, teaches in Tisch School of the Arts at NYU\, recently published The Lost Brother Alphabet\, and\, in 2007\, co-edited with Kamal Boullata\, We Begin Here: Poems for Palestine and Lebanon. \nLena Khalaf Tuffaha is a poet\, essayist\, and translator. Her first book of poems\, WATER & SALT\, won the 2018 Washington State Book Award. She is also the author of two chapbooks\, Arab in Newsland\, winner of the 2016 Two Sylvias Prize and Letters from the Interior\, finalist for the 2020 Jean Pedrick Award. \nThe son of Arab immigrants\, born in Detroit\, Hayan Charara is a poet\, children’s book author\, essayist and editor who lives in Houston. \nNour Al Ghraowi\, a Syrian writer\, activist\, and educator\, writes about social justice\, and migrant identity with works appearing in Poetry magazine and others. \nThis program is in proud partnership with Vox Populi\, a public sphere for poetry\, politics\, and nature. \nRegister here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/poets-gaza/register
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SUMMARY:Literary Cleveland presents "Poetry and Basketball" with Philip Metres\, Tomás Q. Morín and David Tomas Martinez
DESCRIPTION:Literary Cleveland presents “Poetry and Basketball\,” a panel featuring Philip Metres\, Tomás Q. Morín and David Tomas Martinez\, on July 15 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. (EDT). This panel is presented as part of The Inkubator\, Literary Cleveland’s free annual festival for writers and readers. \nFrom the organizers: \nFrom the first Olympics in ancient Greece\, where poets would gather to share their works and write poems for the victors\, writers and athletes have competed with each other. Some modern writers\, like panelists David Tomas Martinez\, Philip Metres\, and Tomas Q. Morin\, sharpened their ball skills\, their attention to detail\, their verbal and non-verbal communication\, and their team play\, on the basketball court. This panel will explore the art of athletics and the athletics of art\, calling a truce between the jocks and nerds once and for all. \nPRESENTERS\nPhilip Metres has written numerous books\, including Shrapnel Maps\, Sand Opera\, and The Sound of Listening. Awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim and Lannan Foundations\, and three Arab American Book Awards\, he is professor of English and director of the Peace\, Justice\, and Human Rights program at John Carroll University. On basketball courts ranging from Chicago and Moscow\, he was a gym rat\, wing man\, and slasher. \nTomás Q. Morín is the author of the forthcoming poetry collection Machete and the memoir Let Me Count the Ways. He is also a translator\, editor\, and essayist. He teaches at Rice University and Vermont College of Fine Arts where he is always open in the paint on a backdoor cut. \nDavid Tomas Martinez’s work has been published or is forth coming in Poetry Magazine\, Plough Shares\, Tin House\, Boston Review\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, Oxford American\, Pleiades\, Prairie Schooner\, Forklift; Ohio\, Poetry International\, LitHub\, Gulf Coast\, Academy of American Poet’s Poem-A-Day\, Poetry Foundation’s PoetryNow\, Poetry Daily\, Verse Daily\, and others. Martinez has an MFA from San Diego State University\, is the former reviews and interviews editor for Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts\, and has been a Breadloaf and CantoMundo Fellow. His debut collection of poetry\, Hustle\, was released in 2014 by Sarabande Books\, and his latest collection\, Post Traumatic Hood Disorder\, was published in 2018\, also by Sarabande Books. He is a Pushcart Prize winner\, NEA recipient\, and currently lives in Brooklyn. \nDetails: Poetry and Basketball takes place Thursday\, July 15 from 7-8:30pm remotely through Zoom.  \nZoom Info: Register for the talk and Lit Cleveland will send you an invitation and instructions on how to attend via Zoom. \nRegister here: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/_neKyd12h9hQrv3XxaFEXw
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SUMMARY:The John Carroll Young Writers Workshop with Philip Metres and Lydia Munnell
DESCRIPTION:The John Carroll Young Writers Workshop is a writing workshop for students entering grades 8–12 hosted by John Carroll University from July 19–23\, 2021\, with award-winning faculty Philip Metres and Lydia Munnell. \nFrom the organizers: \nThe John Carroll Young Writers Workshop (for students grades 8–12) will take place on July 19-July 23\, 2021\, on the campus of John Carroll University\, directed by award-winning creative writing faculty from John Carroll University. This year\, we’re offering both day camp and overnight options. Students participate in a rigorous and inspiring program that provides an introduction to the art and craft of poetry and short fiction. In morning and afternoon sessions\, students study with acclaimed writers\, engaging in writing-intensive exercises designed to address the elements of craft. They participate in lively workshop sessions in which they discuss each other’s work to spur revision. Over the week\, students have individual conferences with Dr. Philip Metres about their\nwriting\, and then submit writing for the YWW anthology\, published on the final day of the camp. Families are welcome to attend the final reception and reading. \nIf we’re still dealing with the pandemic\, we can offer the workshop fully online. All you need is access to a computer\, wifi\, a Zoom account\, and a quiet space to write and talk with your cohort! \nApplications can be submitted online at go.jcu.edu/yww. Applications are due by June 1st. Scholarships may be available. \nRegister here: https://jcu.edu/academics/english/undergraduate/special-programs/yww
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LOCATION:John Carroll University\, 1 John Carroll Boulevard\, University Heights\, OH\, 44118\, United States
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