Raena Shirali with Libby Bernardin (In Person and on Zoom!)
Fri, Apr 14
|Charleston Library Society
Raena Shirali is the author of two collections of poetry. Her first book, GILT (YesYes Books, 2017), won the 2018 Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award, and her second, summonings (Black Lawrence Press, 2022), won the 2021 Hudson Prize. Winner of a Pushcart Prize. See "About the Event" for Zoom links!
Time & Location
Apr 14, 2023, 7:00 PM
Charleston Library Society, 164 King St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
Guests
About the event
A former Philip Roth Resident at Bucknell University, Shirali is also the recipient of prizes and honors from VIDA, Gulf Coast, Boston Review, & Cosmonauts Avenue. Formerly a Co-Editor-in-Chief of Muzzle Magazine, Shirali now serves as Faculty Advisor for Folio—a literary magazine dedicated to publishing works by undergraduate students at the national level. She holds an MFA in Poetry from The Ohio State University and is an Assistant Professor of English at Holy Family University. The Indian American poet was raised in Charleston, South Carolina, and now lives in Philadelphia.
Zoom links and passcodes for Friday and Saturday (separate links!) provided below. Attendance for Friday's reading is free and open to the public. Saturday in-person seminars are paid events; Zoom attendees and students free. See below for more information.
Poetry Society of South Carolina is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Raena Shirali with Libby Bernardin: Readings
Time: Apr 14, 2023 07:00…