January 18, 2025
5:00 pm, Metropolis Cafe, 1039 W Granville
READERS:
Faylita Hicks
… (she/they) is the author of A Map of My Want (Haymarket, 2024) and HoodWitch (Acre Books, 2019). She has received honors from Art for Justice, Black Mountain Institute, Broadway Advocacy Coalition, Tin House, and others, and was the recipient of the 2020 Sappho Award from Palette Poetry. They live in Chicago.
Ruben Quesada
… is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Brutal Companion (Barrow Street Press, 2024), and the editor of Latinx Poetics: Essays on the Art of Poetry (University of New Mexico Press, 2022). His writing has appeared in The Believer, American Poetry Review, Harvard Review, the Best American Poetry series, and The New York Times Magazine, and he has received fellowships from the Jentel Foundation and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. He lives in Chicago.
Rachel Mennies
… is the author of three poetry collections, most recently The Naomi Letters (BOA Editions, 2021). She has been a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, and her poetry has appeared in Poetry Magazine, The Believer, Kenyon Review, American Poetry Review, and elsewhere. She currently lives in Chicago.
Naomi Cohn
… is the author of The Braille Encyclopedia: Brief Essays on Altered Sight (Rose Metal Press, 2024). She was awarded a 2023 McKnight Artist Fellowship, and her writing has appeared in Fourth River, Baltimore Review, Hippocampus, Nimrod, Poetry, and elsewhere. Raised in Chicago, she currently lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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