The event is being held virtually this year
- Poet Denise Duhamel’s (above, left) most recent books of poetry are “Second Story” and “Scald.”
- Poet Gary Jackson (above, right) is the author of “Origin Story” and “Missing You, Metropolis.” “Missing Your Metropolis received the 2009 Cave Canem Poetry Prize.
The Annual DMACC Celebration of Literary Arts, now in its 19th year, will be held virtually again this year. Local, regional and national authors will read from their works during weekly, one-hour events held online via Zoom. All events are free and open to the public.
Denise Duhamel’s most recent books of poetry are “Second Story” (Pittsburgh, 2021) and “Scald” (Pittsburgh, 2017). “Blowout” (Pittsburgh, 2013) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Duhamel is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
She is a distinguished professor at Florida International University in Miami.
Gary Jackson is the author of the poetry collections “Origin Story” (University of New Mexico Press, 2021) and “Missing You, Metropolis” (Graywolf Press, 2010), which received the 2009 Cave Canem Poetry Prize.
He is also the co-editor of “The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry” (Blair Publishing, 2021). The recipient of Cave Canem and Bread Loaf fellowships.
Jackson is an associate professor in English and creative writing at the College of Charleston where he’s currently the Director of Undergraduate Creative Writing and teaches in the Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) program.
To attend the readings by Duhamel and Jackson, go to the following Zoom ink: https://DMACC.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GOfjTKtHTtuDTz88Zo68lQ.
The zoom meeting is free and open to the public. For more on DMACC's Celebration of Literary Arts, contact Ankeny Campus Professor and Celebration of Literary Arts Coordinator Marc Dickinson at (515) 964-6221 or madickinson@dmacc.edu.
Selected Writings by Denise Duhamel:
Selected Writings by Gary Jackson:
Multiple-Man: Guest-starring Me & You
Original source can be found here.
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