Fri, Apr 14
|Charleston Library Society
Raena Shirali with Libby Bernardin (In Person and on Zoom!)
Raena Shirali is the author of two collections of poetry. Her first book, GILT (YesYes Books, 2017), won the 2018 Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award, and her second, summonings (Black Lawrence Press, 2022), won the 2021 Hudson Prize. Winner of a Pushcart Prize. See "About the Event" for Zoom links!
Time & Location
Apr 14, 2023, 7:00 PM
Charleston Library Society, 164 King St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
Guests
About the event
A former Philip Roth Resident at Bucknell University, Shirali is also the recipient of prizes and honors from VIDA, Gulf Coast, Boston Review, & Cosmonauts Avenue. Formerly a Co-Editor-in-Chief of Muzzle Magazine, Shirali now serves as Faculty Advisor for Folio—a literary magazine dedicated to publishing works by undergraduate students at the national level. She holds an MFA in Poetry from The Ohio State University and is an Assistant Professor of English at Holy Family University. The Indian American poet was raised in Charleston, South Carolina, and now lives in Philadelphia.
Zoom links and passcodes for Friday and Saturday (separate links!) provided below. Attendance for Friday's reading is free and open to the public. Saturday in-person seminars are paid events; Zoom attendees and students free. See below for more information.
Poetry Society of South Carolina is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Raena Shirali with Libby Bernardin: Readings
Time: Apr 14, 2023 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Saturday Seminar
Please note that the Saturday seminar/workshop is a paid event, $10 for members, $15 for non-members. Zoom attendees and students are free. You can pay the fee by going to the Join Us/Workshops button at the website (click on the blue here to go directly to the webpage).
Zoom attendance is for observation only -- participation and materials are at the guest poet's discretion. The Zoom link and passcode are provided below.
Seminar Title:
“Near” Persona vs. “Far” Persona: Writing the Other, Writing the Self
(further description below the Zoom information)
Zoom link for Saturday seminar only:
Poetry Society of South Carolina is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Raena Shirali Seminar
Time: Apr 15, 2023 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 814 2333 8568
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Brief Description:
Writing from the perspective of another requires great investment and momentous risk, all with no promise of reward. So why do poets continue to explore persona as a creative approach in our work? In this seminar, we will explore Shirali’s scholarship on the persona spectrum—discussing “near” persona and “far” persona as ways of conceiving of our poems’ speakers, and ultimately engaging in philosophical exploration of the ethical stakes and creative potential inherent in stepping outside our own subjectivities.
The opening poet for this event is Libby Bernardin!
South Carolina poet Libby Bernardin is the author of Stones Ripe for
Sowing (Press 53, 2018) and two chapbooks, The Book of Myth (SC
Poetry Initiative, 2009) and Layers of Song (Finishing Line Press, 2011).
Journal publications include The Asheville Poetry Review, Southern
Poetry Review, Kakalak. She has won poetry awards from the Poetry
Society of South Carolina and the North Carolina Poetry Society, and
has served as co-director of the highly respected Litchfield Tea & Poetry
Series until 2019. Her new book, House in Need of Mooring (Press 53,
2022), is yet another testament to the silver lining of the pandemic. A
retired English teacher from the University of South Carolina, she leads
poetry workshops for the Georgetown County Library. She is a lifetime
member of the Board of Governors of the SC Academy of Authors.