Gaithersburg Book Festival (2022) -- Indran Amirthanayagam, Lesley Wheeler (w/Miles David Moore):
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Poetry
Edgar Allan Poe Pavilion
Amirthanaygam and Wheeler read from and discuss their new poetry collections.
Moderated by Miles David Moore
Poetry
Indran Amirthanayagam
Latest Title: Ten Thousand Steps Against the Tyrant
Indran Amirthanayagam writes in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Haitian Creole. He has published 21 poetry books, including the just-released “Blue Window” (translated by Jennifer Rathbun) (Diálogos Books), “Ten Thousand Steps Against the Tyrant” (Broadstone Media, 2022), “The MigrantStates” (www.hangingloosepress.com), “Coconuts on Mars, The Elephants of Reckoning” (winner 1994 Paterson Poetry Prize), “Uncivil War” and “The Splintered Face: Tsunami Poems.” In music, he recorded “Rankont Dout.” He edits the Beltway Poetry Quarterly ; writes at indranamirthanayagam.blogspot.com; co-directs Poets & Writers Studio International; writes a weekly poem for Haiti en Marche and El Acento; has received fellowships from the Foundation for the Contemporary Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, The US/Mexico Fund for Culture and the Macdowell Colony. He is a 2021 Emergent Seed grant winner. His poem “ Free Bird” has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. He also hosts The Poetry Channel. New books, including “Powèt nan po la” (Poet of the Port) and “Isleño,” will be published in late 2021 and early 2022.
Poetry
Lesley Wheeler
Latest Title: Poetry's Possible Worlds
Lesley Wheeler’s most recent book is “Poetry’s Possible Worlds,” a memoir of reading poetry during a time of crisis. Her previous books include “The State She’s In,” her fifth poetry collection, and “Unbecoming,” her first novel. Her work has received support from the Fulbright Foundation, Bread Loaf, Sewanee Writers Workshop and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Lesley’s poems and essays appear in Kenyon Review Online, Poetry, American Poetry Review, Guernica, Massachusetts Review, and other journals. Poetry Editor of Shenandoah, she lives in Lexington, Va.
Poetry
Miles David Moore
Latest Title: Man on Terrace with Wine
Miles David Moore’s latest book, “Man on Terrace with Wine,” was published by Kelsay Books in 2020. He is the author of two previous full-length books of poetry—”The Bears of Paris “(1995) and “Rollercoaster” (2004), both published by The Word Works—and a chapbook, “Buddha Isn’t Laughing” (1999), from Argonne House Press. From 1977 to 2020, Mr. Moore was a reporter for Crain Communications Inc. Since 2006, he has contributed a monthly film column to the online arts magazine Scene4. From 1994 to 2017, he organized and hosted the IOTA poetry reading series in Arlington, Va. From 2002 to 2009, he was a member of the board of directors of The Word Works.
Miles will be moderating a panel featuring Indran Amirthanayagam (“Ten Thousand Steps Against the Tyrant” and “Blue Window”) and Lesley Wheeler (“Poetry’s Possible Worlds”).
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