Poetry Reading: Simone White introduced by Asiya Wadud

Thursday, May 30, 6:30 - 7:30pm

The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation presents a reading from the poet Simone White. She will be introduced by the poet Asiya Wadud.

Simone White's most recent book is Warring (forthcoming from Duke University Press), which is the critical companion to or, on being the other woman (Duke University Press, 2022). She is also the author of Dear Angel of Death (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2018), Of Being Dispersed (Futurepoem, 2016), and House Envy of All the World (Factory School, 2010). She teaches in the English department at the University of Pennsylvania and lives in Brooklyn. https://simone-white.com

Asiya Wadud is the author of several poetry collections, most recently No Knowledge Is Complete Until It Passes Through My Body and Mandible Wishbone Solvent (forthcoming in 2024). Her recent work appears in e-flux journal, BOMB Magazine, Triple Canopy, POETRY, Yale Review and elsewhere. Asiya’s work has been supported by the Foundation Jan Michalski, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Danspace Project, Finnish Cultural Institute of New York, Rosendal Theater Norway, and Kunstenfestivaldesarts among others. She lives in New York where she teaches poetry at Saint Ann’s School, Columbia University and Pacific Northwest College of Art. https://asiyawadud.com