Pause for Poetry: Celebrating National Poetry Month X Arab American Heritage Month

The Library and the MFA in Creative Writing invite you to Pause for Poetry

in (belated) celebration of National Poetry Month and Arab American Heritage Month:

Wednesday, May 8

1:30-2:30 p.m.

Library, Silent Study Zone

With SMC visiting poet Zeina Hashem Beck and student poets from the undergraduate and graduate creative writing programs

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Zeina Hashem Beck is a Lebanese poet. Her third poetry collection, titled O, was published by Penguin Books in July 2022. It won the 2023 Arab American Book Award for poetry and was named a Best Book 2022 by Lit Hub and The New York Public Library. 

We invite you to experience Arab American poetics and to participate in the transformative process of reflection and creation. Please bring something to write with and on, as we engage in shared reading and individual writing.