ҵ's Creative Writing program,Center for Writers & Translators, and Civic Media Lab are delighted toinvite you to areading and conversation withAmerican poet Lauren Mullenon the 22 September 2021, at 18:30PM, Quai Combes building, Room Q-801.
Laura Mullenis the author of eight books and the Kenan Chair in the Humanities at Wake Forest University. Recognitions for her poetry include a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a Rona Jaffe Award. Recent poems have appeared inTogether in a Sudden Strangeness, Posit,andBettering American Poetry. Her translation of Veronique Pittolo'sHerowas published by Black Square Editions in 2019. She was an Artist in Residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts in 2021.
Mullen’s work spans genres and is constantly engaging important questions regarding identity, social justice, and history, through an exploration of different forms of commentary (poetic, digital, visual) and creative expression.At ҵ, she will discuss, published by University of California Press in 2011 and read newer cross-genre work, followed by a Q&A session.
Registration details will be sent via email to all registrants 24 hours prior to the event.