Join Poets & Writers Magazine associate editor India Lena González for a celebration of the ten debut poets featured in “The Beauty of Being: Our Eighteenth Annual Look at Debut Poets.” The virtual event, which will take place over two evenings, will include readings from the poets and conversation about their debut books, their influences and inspirations, and their individual paths to publication.
Program 1: Wednesday, February 1, at 7:30PM EST
Courtney Faye Taylor, author of Concentrate (Graywolf Press)
Katie Marya, author of Sugar Work (Alice James Books)
James Fujinami Moore, author of indecent hours (Four Way Books)
Rachel Mannheimer, author of Earth Room (Changes Press)
Maya Salameh, author of How to Make an Algorithm in the Microwave (University of Arkansas Press)
Program 2: Thursday, February 2, at 7:30PM EST
No‘u Revilla, author of Ask the Brindled (Milkweed Editions)
Shelley Wong, author of As She Appears (YesYes Books)
John Belk, author of The Gardens of Our Childhoods (Autumn House Press)
Chia-Lun Chang, author of Prescribee (Nightboat Books)
Nicholas Goodly, author of Black Swim (Copper Canyon Press)