Jennifer Keith and Nishi Chawla
Schedule
Tue Apr 08 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Queen Takes Book | Columbia, MD
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We are delighted to welcome poets Jennifer Keith - Nishi Chawla and you to our April reading at Queen Takes Book in the Snowden Center. Our host for the evening will be Laura Shovan.
About our featured authors:
Jennifer Keith
Jennifer Keith’s poems have appeared in The Free State Review, Fledgling Rag, The Baltimore Review, Best American Poetry 2015, Able Muse, and elsewhere. Keith received the 2014 John Elsberg poetry prize, and was a finalist in the 2021 Erskine J. Poetry Prize from Smartish Pace. Her first full-length book of poems, Terminarch, was chosen by David Yezzi for the 2023 Able Muse Book Award. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
Nishi Chawla
Nishi Chawla is a well-known Asian American poet, playwright, novelist, independent filmmaker and a long standing academician. She has published two novels, seven volumes of poetry and ten plays. She has co-edited two global volumes of poetry for Penguin Random House. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the George Washington University, Washington D. C., USA, and a post doctorate from Johns Hopkins University, USA. She has also written and directed four arthouse feature films.
She has also written and directed four arthouse feature films, three of which are streaming on Amazon Prime.
Please spread the word - bring your friends, family, and students. All are welcome. We encourage you to participate in the open mic. Please prepare no more than five minutes of performance time/two poems. Sign up for the open mic in advance by filling out this online form: https://www.queentakesbook.com/wildereadings.
Light refreshments will be served. Books by both featured authors and open mic readers will be available for sale.'
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Where is it happening?
Queen Takes Book, 6955 Oakland Mills Rd, Columbia, MD 21045-5849, United States,Columbia, MarylandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
