[Athens]

Laura Solomon & Joshua Harmon
January 23, 2012, 7:30 pm
at VOX Reading Series

The first VOX reading of 2012 Joshua Harmon is the author of two books of poems—Le Spleen de Poughkeepsie (winner of the 2010 Akron Poetry Prize) and Scape—and a novel, Quinnehtukqut. His fiction, poetry, and nonfiction have appeared in journals such as Agni, The Believer, Colorado Review, New England Review, TriQuarterly, and Verse, and he has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. He was educated at Cornell University and Marlboro College. Laura Solomon was born in 1976 in Birmingham, Alabama. Her books include Bivouac (Slope Editions, 2002), Blue and Red Things (UDP, 2007), and The Hermit (UDP, 2011). Other publications include a chapbook, Letters by which Sisters Will Know Brothers (Katalanché Press 2005) and Haiku des Pierres / Haiku of Stones by Jacques Poullaoueq, a translation from the French with Sika Fakambi (Editions Apogée, 2006). Her poetry was recently included in the anthology Poets on Painters (Witchita State Press 2007), has appeared in magazines across North America and Europe and has been translated into ten languages. Most recently she has lived in Paris, Philadelphia, and Verona, Italy. Currently she resides in Athens, Georgia. VOX Reading Series presents some of the most exciting younger writers of our time. All readings are held at 7:30pm in the Lab at Cine Theater, 234 West Hancock Ave., Athens, GA, unless otherwise noted!