Join us as we interview poet Naomi Shihab Nye on our afikra Conversations series.
Date: Thursday, January 20
Time: 12PM NYC | 5PM London | 7PM Beirut | 9PM Abu Dhabi
Hosted By: Mikey Muhanna (afikra)
Bio: Naomi Shihab Nye is the daughter of a Palestinian father and an American mother. Nye’s experience of both cultural difference and different cultures has influenced much of her work. Nye is considered one of the leading female poets of the American Southwest. After the World Trade Center attacks in 2001, Nye became an active voice for Arab Americans, speaking out against both terrorism and prejudice. The lack of understanding between Americans and Arabs led her to collect poems she had written which dealt with the Middle East and her experiences as an Arab American into one volume. 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East (2002) was a finalist for the National Book Award. Nye is the recipient of numerous honors and awards for her work, including the Ivan Sandrof Award for Lifetime Achievement from the National Book Critics Circle, the Lavan Award, the Paterson Poetry Prize, the Carity Randall Prize, the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry award, the Robert Creeley Prize, and many Pushcart Prizes.
This event is being videotaped for subsequent broadcast on the library website and other media. The audience is encouraged to offer comments and raise questions during the formal question and answer period, but please be advised that your voice and image may be recorded and later broadcast as part of this event. By participating in the question and answer period you are consenting to the possible reproduction and transmission of your remarks.