Author Talk with Ohio's first Poet Laureate: Amit Majmudar

Schedule

Sun May 19 2024 at 03:00 pm to 04:00 pm

Location

119 West Broadway, Granville, OH, United States, Ohio 43023 | Granville, OH

Join us for an inspiring author talk in the Granville Center for the Arts gallery featuring Ohio's first poet laureate, Amit Majmudar. Amit will read passages and tell stories from his book, "Twin A," a deeply personal memoir about his son's experiences with congenital heart disease and the critical surgeries he endured as an infant and toddler.
This captivating session will showcase a reading by Amit from his latest work, including a live Q&A session, an opportunity to interact directly with the author, and even obtain an autographed copy of "Twin A!"
This event is free, and all are welcome! Complimentary drinks provided.
More about Amit Majmudar:
Majmudar is the author of the poetry collections What He Did in Solitary (2020); Dothead (2016); Heaven and Earth (2011), which poet A.E. Stallings chose for a Donald Justice Poetry Prize; and 0˚, 0˚ (2009), which was a finalist for a Poetry Society of America's Norma Faber First Book Award. Majmudar has also published the novels Sitayana (2019), Partitions (2011), and The Abundance (2013). In 2018, he published Godsong: A Verse Translation of the Bhagavad-Gita, with Commentary.
Majmudar's poetry has been featured in several anthologies, including Best of the Best American Poetry 1988–2012 (2013, edited by Robert Pinsky) and The Norton Introduction to Literature (2012, 11th edition, edited by Kelly J. Mays). He has also contributed essays to the Kenyon Review blog, the New York Times, and the New York Review of Books.

Where is it happening?

119 West Broadway, Granville, OH, United States, Ohio 43023

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Host or Publisher Granville Center for the Arts

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