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Bordighera Press is dedicated to publishing creative works on the Italian diasporic experience. Julia Lisella and Maria Famà, two award-winning poets, will read from their work published by this press. Julia Lisella reads from her new book of poems, Our Lively Kingdom; Maria Famà will read a selection of her poems from several of her books. The poets invite questions about their work in an informal discussion after the reading!Wednesday, June 28th 6:30pm at A Novel Idea
Suggested $5 Donation
About the Authors
Julia Lisella’s books include Our Lively Kingdom (Bordighera Press 2022) Always and Terrain both from WordTech Editions, and a chapbook, Love Song Hiroshima. Her poems appear in Ploughshares, Alaska Quarterly, Pangyrus, Lily Poetry Review, Nimrod, Mom Egg Review, and many others. She has received writing residencies at MacDowell, Millay and the Vermont Center for the Arts. She teaches at Regis College and co-curates the IAWA Literary Reading Series in Boston.
Maria Famà, author of eight books of poetry, won Second Prize in the 2018 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards. Her poems appear in many publications and she is featured reading her poetry in three films. Her latest book is The Good for the Good, published by Bordighera Press in 2019. Famà lives and works in Philadelphia.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
A Novel Idea on Passyunk, 1726 E Passyunk Avenue,Philadelphia,PA,United States
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