June 14, 2023, at 6:00 PM ET
Virtual Event – Free – RSVP Here
Join Poets & Writers for a celebratory reading by the inaugural poetry cohort of Get the Word Out, a new publicity incubator for debut authors.
Get the Word Out inaugural poetry cohort, pictured from top left: Ashia Ajani, Caitlin Cowan, Ae Hee Lee, Sebastian Merrill, Sahar Muradi, Olatunde Osinaike, Dimitri Reyes, Leslie Sainz, Violet Spurlock, and Jorrell Watkins.
This special virtual event will include a conversation with publicist Morgan LaRocca, who, over the past twelve weeks, has mentored the first group of debut poetry writers selected for Get the Word Out. The authors and their forthcoming books are:
Ashia Ajani, Heirloom (Write Bloody Publishing)
Caitlin Cowan, Happy Everything (Cornerstone Press)
Ae Hee Lee, ASTERISM (Tupelo Press)
Sebastian Merrill, Ghost: : Seeds: Poems (Texas Review Press)
Sahar Muradi, OCTOBERS (University of Pittsburgh Press)
Olatunde Osinaike, Tender Headed (Akashic Books)
Dimitri Reyes, Papi Pichón (Get Fresh Books)
Leslie Sainz, Have You Been Long Enough at Table (Tin House Books)
Violet Spurlock, In Lieu of Solutions (Futurepoem)
Jorrell Watkins, Play|House (Northwestern University Press, Curbstone Books)
The event is free. RSVP now to receive the Zoom link.
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Get the Word Out is supported by generous contributions from Leonard and Louise Riggio, and Macmillan Publishers.