Poetry Is Democracy
October 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT
Tuesday, October 8, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM ET / 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PT
Six distinguished poets from the MFA student and alumni community—Jonathan Chou, Jessica Abughattas, Elena Karina Byrne, Shonda Buchanan, Grant Chemidlin, and Leonora Simonovis — will read original poems responding to the AW4D theme, as well as selected poems by beloved poets. The readings will be followed by a Q&A during which the readers will discuss their creative and research process for this event, the interface of the poetic and the political, the function of poetry in a just and inclusive democracy, and how poetry can question and expand democratic vistas.
Co-hosted by MFA Program Chair Lisa Locascio Nighthawk, Core Poetry Faculty Cathy Linh Che, and Teaching Faculty Alistair McCartney.
This evening of poetry has been funded through the AW4D Fund for Democratic Initiatives.
