AUTHORS AMONG YOU
7PM-8PM: Author readings and discussion
Edwin Torres
Edwin Torres is editor of The Body In Language: An Anthology (Counterpath Press) and many poetry collections, including; Quanundrum: i will be your many angled thing (Roof Books, which received a 2022 American Book Award), Xoeteox: the collected word object (Wave Books) and Ameriscopia (University of Arizona Press). Multi-disciplinary collaborations with a wide range of cultural nomads have contributed to the development of his bodylingo poetics. A recipient of numerous poetry fellowships, this year he received an Individual Artist's Grant from Arts Mid-Hudson. He currently lives in Beacon, NY.
Marissa Levien
Marissa Levien is an artist and writer living in New York. Her novel The World Gives Way was a Bradbury Award Finalist and was listed as one of the Best Books of 2021 by the New York Times. Her work has been published in Los Angeles Review of Books, Catapult, and Lit Hub, among others. She currently teaches fiction at Stony Brook University.
8PM-9PM: BOOKS THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE
Please feel free to bring a book that changed your life, or at least a book you really love and want to share. If you only have the title, cool. If you like, you can read a bit from it, or just tell others about it. This is a casual way to share the books we love with others and spark some great conversations.
No pressure, all fun. Teen-friendly. We’ll have some basic refreshments.
Please RSVP so we can get a sense of how many folks are interested in this event. You’re also welcome to come on by if you’re out and about.
And here are some books shared by our Salon guests.
