Join us for a reading with Danez Smith, the youngest person ever to win the Forward Prize for Best Collection (2018) for their collection Don’t Call Us Dead. Their honors also include a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship, a National Book Award nomination, a Lambda Literary Award, and a Kate Tufts Discovery Award. In addition, Smith has received fellowships from the McKnight Foundation, Cave Canem, Voices of Our Nation (VONA), and other organizations. They are a founding member of the multi-genre, multicultural Dark Noise Collective and a cohost of the Webby-nominated Poetry Foundation podcast VS.
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| Date | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Poets Staff Picks: Javeria Hasnain, Ajula Van Ness-Otunnu, M. Valdivia | ||
| Solitary Plover Reading | ||
| Poetry in the Park: Siwar Masannat, Soham Patel, R. B. Simon, and Ty Newcomb | Milwaukee, WI | |
| Group Poetry Reading: Watershed Moments | Milwaukee, WI | |
| CAConrad: Listen to the Golden Boomerang Return | Charlottesville, VA | |
| Megan Pinto, Jimin Seo, and Spencer Williams | Brookyln, NY | |
| PSA Reading Series: Hala Alyan & Carl Phillips | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Marianne Chan: Leaving Biddle City | Charlottesville, VA | |
| Chapbook Fellowship Winners Reading: Bridget O'Bernstein, Sahar Romani & Dujie Tahat | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Luisa A. Igloria: Caulbearer | Charlottesville, VA |