Solidarity Salon
N/A
Somerville, MA 02143
United States
VIRTUAL EVENT
The Solidary Salon presents a virtual reading with twelve poets, including Allison Adair, author of The Clearing. This reading will be live streamed to Facebook at 7pm ET.
Adair will be joined by Jennifer Barber, Eileen Cleary, Karen Friedland, Jenna Le, Julia Lisella, Jennifer Martelli, Kevin McLellan, Deborah Schwartz, Enzo Silon Surin, Cindy Veach, and Anna Warrock.
Allison Adair
Originally from central Pennsylvania, Allison Adair now lives in Boston, where she teaches at Boston College and GrubStreet. Her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Best American Poetry, Best New Poets, and ZYZZYVA, among other journals; and have been honored with the Pushcart Prize, the Florida Review Editors’ Award, the Orlando Prize, and first place in Mid-American Review’s Fineline Competition. She is the author of the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize-winning collection, The Clearing, forthcoming June 2020.
Winner of the 2019 Max Ritvo Poetry Prize, The Clearing navigates the ever-shifting poles of violence and vulnerability with rich imagination and a singular incisiveness.