The Immanent Fields - A Reading and Launch Party
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Join us at Wild Child Wines on Thursday, September 3rd at 6 PM to celebrate the release of Michael Martin Shea's debut poetry collection, The Immanent Fields.
Michael will give a short reading, and he'll be joined by Rodrigo Toscano and Nicole Stockburger. Books and drinks for sale. Come hang!
Michael Martin Shea is the author of The Immanent Fields (New Mundo Press, 2026), as well as multiple chapbooks of poetry. His translation of Liliana Ponce's Theory of the Voice and Dream won the 2026 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. His poems and translations have appeared widely, including in the pages of Chicago Review, Conjunctions, New England Review, Poetry, and elsewhere. He teaches in the English Department at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Rodrigo Toscano is a poet based in New Orleans. He is the author of thirteen books of poetry. His latest books are Salvage Nation: 100 Sonnets (Winter Editions, 2026) WHITMAN. CANNONBALL. PUEBLA (Omnidawn, 2025, National Poetry Series finalist, NYPL best books of 2025). The Cut Point (Counterpath, 2023), and The Charm & The Dread (Fence, 2022). His Collapsible Poetics Theater was a 2008 National Poetry Series selection. His poetry has appeared in over 25 anthologies, including Best American Poetry and Best American Experimental Writing. He works for the Labor Institute in conjunction with the United Steelworkers and has been on the board of the New Orleans Poetry Festival since 2015. www.rodrigotoscano.com
Nicole Stockburger is the author of Nowhere Beulah (Unicorn Press, 2019) and has published poetry in Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, Poetry Northwest, Southern Humanities Review, Cimarron, and elsewhere. Nicole received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is currently a PhD Candidate in English and Creative Writing at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Michael will give a short reading, and he'll be joined by Rodrigo Toscano and Nicole Stockburger. Books and drinks for sale. Come hang!
Michael Martin Shea is the author of The Immanent Fields (New Mundo Press, 2026), as well as multiple chapbooks of poetry. His translation of Liliana Ponce's Theory of the Voice and Dream won the 2026 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. His poems and translations have appeared widely, including in the pages of Chicago Review, Conjunctions, New England Review, Poetry, and elsewhere. He teaches in the English Department at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Rodrigo Toscano is a poet based in New Orleans. He is the author of thirteen books of poetry. His latest books are Salvage Nation: 100 Sonnets (Winter Editions, 2026) WHITMAN. CANNONBALL. PUEBLA (Omnidawn, 2025, National Poetry Series finalist, NYPL best books of 2025). The Cut Point (Counterpath, 2023), and The Charm & The Dread (Fence, 2022). His Collapsible Poetics Theater was a 2008 National Poetry Series selection. His poetry has appeared in over 25 anthologies, including Best American Poetry and Best American Experimental Writing. He works for the Labor Institute in conjunction with the United Steelworkers and has been on the board of the New Orleans Poetry Festival since 2015. www.rodrigotoscano.com
Nicole Stockburger is the author of Nowhere Beulah (Unicorn Press, 2019) and has published poetry in Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, Poetry Northwest, Southern Humanities Review, Cimarron, and elsewhere. Nicole received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is currently a PhD Candidate in English and Creative Writing at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
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Where is it happening?
Wild Child Wines, 210 E Vermilion St, Lafayette, LA 70501-6932, United States
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