Poetry Reading: Phases by Tramaine Suubi

Please help us celebrate the poetry collectionPhases by Tramaine Suubi, who will be joined by Christiana Kembabazi.

Please note: This event is free to attend, but registration is requested. Masks are required for our in-person events.

In this electrifying debut poetry collection—written with the ferocity of Rita Dove’s groundbreaking Thomas and Beulah—a critically acclaimed award-winning talent explores a wide range of emotions, from anxiety to ecstasy reflecting the moon's phases, from Waning Gibbous to Full.

Both intimate and intricately structured Tramaine Suubi’s remarkable work is inspired by the moon—its phases’ effects on water, the Earth, and our bodies. Phases relishes in the beauty of change, even that caused by heartbreak. Suubi’s refreshing, vulnerable verse begs to be underlined, memorized, and shared; each of her poems operate as love letters to the cyclical healing that occurs in nature, in our bodies, and in the bodies that have come before us.

Tramaine Suubi - Tramaine Suubi is a multilingual writer from Kampala, and a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She is the author of phases and stages. She has also published creative writing in over fifteen literary anthologies, journals, magazines, and reviews. Tramaine works towards the total liberation of all oppressed people by any means necessary.

Christiana Kembabazi - Kembabazi is an Ugandan-American multi-hyphenate community builder who believes humanity’s purpose is to love and be loved. The IRS would probably call her a human service worker. But truly Kembabazi enjoys investing in those around them whether it’s as an in-home caregiver, mutual aid community organizer, after school program educator, or poet/chef/videographer/designer/musician/artist. They’re honored to celebrate another multi-hyphenate who has left an indelible mark on Kembabazi’s soul.

Accessibility: This event is hosted at the bookstore, which is a wheelchair accessible space. Masks are required. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. To request ASL interpretation for this event, please email [email protected] by no later than 14 days before the event. For other questions or access needs, please email [email protected].

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