[Detroit]

Phil Metres, Kazim Ali, Dunya Mikhail, Lauren Camp
May 7, 2015, 7:00 pm
at Trinosophes

A reading in conjunction with: Detroit To Baghdad: Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here (Arab American National Museum thru July 12) & We are Iraqis: Aesthetics & Politics in a Time of War (Syracuse University Press, Deborah Al-Najor & Nadje Al-Ali) Philip Metres is the author of Sand Opera (2015), A Concordance of Leaves, Catalogue of Comedic Novelties: Selected Poems of Lev Rubinstein (translation) and To See the Earth. A two-time recipient of the NEA and the Arab American Book Award, he is professor of English at John Carroll University. www.philipmetres.com Kazim Ali’s books include four volumes of poetry, the mixed genre Bright Felon: Autobiography and Cities and two collections of essays, Orange Alert: Essays on Poetry, Art and the Architecture of Silence and Fasting for Ramadan: Notes from a Spiritual Practice. Recently he edited the essay collection Jean Valentine: This-World Company. He is associate professor of Creative Writing and at Oberlin College. www.kazimali.com Dunya Mikhail's books include: The Iraqi Nights, Diary of A Wave Outside the Sea, and The War Works Hard. In Arabic, her books have been published in Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Tunisia. Her honors include a Kresge Fellowship, Arab American Book Award, and the United Nations Human Rights Award for Freedom of Writing. www.dunyamikhail.com Lauren Camp is the author of two collections. Her third book, One Hundred Hungers, won the Dorset Prize (Tupelo Press, 2016). This work of imagination, research and myth looks at her father’s childhood in Baghdad and her interaction with the rituals and language of his culture. Lauren's poems appear in Radar Poetry, The Seattle Review, World Literature Today, Sukoon and elsewhere. Lauren hosts “Audio Saucepan”—a global music program interwoven with contemporary poetry—on Santa Fe Public Radio. www.laurencamp.com   Funding provided by Knight Arts Challenge Detroit More info here