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Esther Productions Inc., The Institute for African American Writing, and the Black Student Fund present a reading by Zeina Azzam and Karl W. Carter, Jr.
MidnightRose is a showcase of the multigenerational, multicultural writers in the Washington Metropolitan Region and beyond. Experience the richness of the community through the presentations of award-winning poets and authors.
Registration is not required to attend, but is encouraged.
About the Authors
Zeina Azzam is a Palestinian American poet, writer, editor, and community activist. She served as the poet laureate of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, for 2022-25. Her publications include the full-length poetry collection, Some Things Never Leave You (2023), and chapbook, Bayna Bayna, In-Between (2021). Since 2016, Zeina has served as a mentor for We Are Not Numbers, a writing program for youth in Gaza, and is currently WANN’s poetry editor. She also volunteers with Grassroots Alexandria, a local group that advocates for the civil rights of vulnerable communities. Zeina holds an M.A. in Arabic literature from Georgetown University. www.zeinaazzam.com
Karl W. Carter, Jr. is an award winning poet, who was born in New Orleans, grew up in Los Angeles and currently lives in the Washington, D.C. region. He is the twice recipient of the International AAHGS Book Award (IABA) given by The African American Historical and Genealogical Society for his books Traveler (2024) and Southern Road (2019). His works appear in numerous anthologies, including Wole Soyinka: The Herald at 90, A Bilingual Collection of Poems and Essays (Pan-African Writer’s Association, 2024); Africanization and Americanization Anthology, Africa v. North America, Vol.1 (Mwanak Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd 2018); Words of Protest, Words of Freedom, Poetry of the American Civil Rights Movement (Duke University Press, 2012); Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Black Earth Institute, The Broadkill Review, Delaware Poetry Review, Poet Lore and Drum Voices, 20th Anniversary Editon (2012); Freedom In My Heart: Voices from the United States Slavery Museum (National Geographic, 2009); Off The Record: An Anthology of Poems by Lawyers (Legal Studies Forum, University of West Viriginia, College of Law, 2004), among others.
AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Author Talk |
