The Arkansas International and the University of Arkansas Program in Creative Writing & Translation will host an evening of poetry featuring acclaimed poet Andrea Cohen. The event is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 17, at the Willard and Pat Walker Community Room in the Fayetteville Public Library.
This reading is part of the Fayetteville Public Library’s TrueLit Festival lineup and is organized by the Arkansas International literary magazine. It is free and open to the public. Cohen is the author of eight poetry collections, including her latest work, The Sorrow Apartments. Attendees will have the opportunity to purchase copies of her books from Two Friends Books. Issues of the Arkansas International will also be available for sale, and a short book signing will follow the reading. Masks are encouraged at the event.
Cohen’s poems have been published in prestigious outlets such as The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The Atlantic, and Threepenny Review. She has taught at several institutions, including the University of Iowa, Emerson College, UMass Boston, and Boston University. At Merrimack College, she founded the Writers’ House. Cohen is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and has earned fellowships at MacDowell. Currently, she teaches at Boston University and directs the Blacksmith House Poetry Series in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The Arkansas International aims to connect emerging and established authors worldwide. Launched in 2016 by the University of Arkansas’ Creative Writing & Translation program, it has published a diverse range of works, including fiction, poetry, essays, and comics from over 60 countries. The publication also offers the annual C.D. Wright Emerging Poet’s Prize and an Emerging Writer’s Prize in Fiction, both awarded to writers who have not yet published full-length works.
As a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, the Arkansas International is dedicated to supporting writers and translators. Its activities are funded by grants from the Program in Creative Writing & Translation, the Department of English at the University of Arkansas, and the Whiting Foundation, along with the generous contributions of individual supporters.
The University of Arkansas Program in Creative Writing and Translation has been a leading training ground for writers for 50 years. Established in 1966, it is one of the oldest M.F.A. programs in the nation, offering innovative degree tracks in poetry, fiction, and literary translation.
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