Public Poetry Reading Series Online
Poetry comes alive the first Saturday of each month at 2 PM with readings performed by a creative mix of artists. Participants are invited to read a piece for Open Mic during featured poets intermission.
Registration is required for this virtual event. The Public Poetry Reading Series uses the Microsoft Team platform for virtual meetings. Participants using their smartphones or tablets will need to download the Microsoft Team app to participate. Participants using their computers will not need to download the Microsoft Teams app.
This series is organized by Public Poetry and is presented in partnership with Houston Public Library.
- Date:
- Saturday, August 5, 2023
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 4:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Central Library, Jesse H. Jones Building
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Age Group:
- Adults Teens (13-18 yrs)
- Categories:
- Arts & Culture
Maya Clubine is a Canadian writer and artist. She studied English Literature at the University of Waterloo, where she won the Albert Shaw Poetry Prize and the English Society Creative Writing for Poetry Award. Maya is an MFA candidate at the University of St. Thomas (TX). She has published in Rattle, The Literary Review of Canada, Modern Age, The South Shore Review, and Ekstasis, among others. Maya can be found at mayaclubine.ca.
Davon Clark is a Philadelphia-raised artist based in Chicago that uses investigative journalism practices in his camerawork and poetry. His work looks to fill in the gaps left behind in coverage of the worlds that he lives in. He likes flowers and the little things in life. You can find out what he does and how he does it at www.daybydavon.com.
César L. de León is the author of speaking with grackles by soapberry trees (FlowerSong 2020). Winner of the Texas Institute of Letters John A. Robertston Award for Best First Book of Poetry (2021) and the Philosophical Society of Texas Best Book of Poetry award (2021). Cesar is an adjunct lecturer at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and a poet-organizer for Poets Against Walls. He is currently working on his second collection of poems.
Maha Ahmed is an Egyptian-American poet and translator. She is currently an English & Creative Writing PhD candidate at the University of Houston specializing in Empire Studies. Her poetry and reviews have appeared or are forthcoming in Grist, The Adroit Journal, Rusted Radishes, The Recluse, and elsewhere. She is the poetry editor for Rusted Radishes and the online nonfiction editor at Gulf Coast. She is the winner of the 2023 Inprint Donald Barthelme Prize in Poetry. Her critical and creative work explores the Arab-American diaspora and the avant-garde.