Butterflies Over Land: A Literary Reading for Immigrant Rights
Locals and travelers are invited to party with us at Angie’s Seafood (1727 E Pratt St) on Thursday March 5 5:30pm. Join us at our literary event “Butterflies Over Land” and engage in our conversation about immigrant rights. Be one of our butterflies!
We have some outstanding featured readers who have many awards and we’re only naming one of their honors here:
🌟Danez Smith (Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Bluff)
🌟Saúl Hernández (Lambda Literary Award Winner in Gay Poetry)
🌟Nancy Lynée Woo (PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow + Mentor)
🌟Kevin Carson (The Watering Hole Fellow)
🌟Pallavi Dhawan (Hedgebrook Alumna)
🌟Jalen Jones (Electric Lit)
🌟Sandy Yannone (Poet Laureate of Old Saybrook, CT)
🌟Donato Martinez (Santa Ana College Professor)
🌟Camille Hernandez (Finishing Line Press New Women Voices Finalist)
🌟Jen Cheng (Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow)
✅ RSVP requested. Drop-ins welcome. Meet us at 1727 E Pratt Street and find our special event room. We’ve got all day happy hour food and drink specials at this women-owned and black-owned restaurant.
🚌 Transit from the Convention Center: 7 minutes by car, 11 minutes by Bus #65.
🌱 We look forward to being in community and conversation with you. #poetsandwriters #poetrycommunity #writerscommunity
