Join us for an evening of food, community, and poetry in Lewiston.
“I possess one compass, which is my soul, and it shall never err.”*
– Ladan Osman, from Refusing Eurydice
Award-winning poet and filmmaker, Ladan Osman, author of Exiles of Eden, will read from her work alongside Guest Maine Poets. A community dinner will kick-off the night.
SCHEDULE
6:00 PM - Community Meal (Free) + Open Mic Sign-Ups
6:30 PM - Open Mic Start
7:00 PM - Invited Readers Read
7:30 PM - Ladan Osman Reading
This event will take place in Lewiston. Location to be named shortly.
RSVP for a free ticket.
Ladan Osman
Ladan Osman is the author of Exiles of Eden, winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and a Whiting Award, and The Kitchen-Dweller’s Testimony, winner of the Sillerman Prize. Osman’s poetry has been translated into over 10 languages. Her images were exhibited by Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Arts Incubator, Furious Flower, and the New York African Film Festival. Her work as a director includes: The Ascendants, Just Sam, and Sun of the Soil. She lives in New York.