Join the Black Mountain Institute for a virtual conversation with Farid Matuk on the poet’s latest collection Moon Mirrored Indivisible (2025) and his craft. As Matuk reinforces the relationship between the lyrical and the political, poetry becomes a place of resistance. How can elements of poetry be in conversation with socio-political and historical realities? How does sound in poetry speak to desire, forming what Roque Raquel Salas Rivera calls “languaged pleasure”? Can poetry be a medium for a multitude of identities? How does the real inform art, and artifice, the real? This conversation will seek answers to these questions based on Matuk’s work.
Poetry Near You
Are you looking to connect with poets or find opportunities to hear or study poetry? To find poetry events and resources near you, simply enter your zip code in the search field below.