Poetry & Supernatural: A Personal History with Summer Farah

✦ Join us for Poetry & Supernatural: A Personal History with Palestinian American poet and critic Summer Farah at the beloved We Luv Video’s micro-cinema theater. At this craft talk Farah will be discussing poetry, fandom, friendship, and the hit TV show Supernatural. Expect a poetry reading, art talk, clips from Supernatural, and a book signing!

“I am always looking for Palestine, and yes, I am always looking for love,” these poems croon, holding so much of the world even as they trace an inheritance of displacement. The Hungering Years conjures startling landscapes where we may also experience what it is to be consumed by obsession, echoing with songs by Mitski, iconic scenes from Supernatural, and the sound of the Mediterranean Sea. But as Lena Khalaf Tuffaha writes in her introduction, Farah’s repetitions “are more than echo. They are a vernacular of this unspeakable era,” anchored in “questions that keep us reaching toward life,” and questions toward each other.

✦ Host Publications is an award-winning, women-led independent publisher located in Austin, Texas. Devoted to our mission to elevate historically marginalized writers, Host Publications publishes radical poetry and fiction by emerging LGBTQ+, BIPOC, intersectional feminist, and immigrant voices.

✦ Free & open to all lovers of literature.
✦ RSVP required due to limited theater seating.
✦ Health and safety note: masks are required and will be provided.

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is a Palestinian American writer, editor, and zine-maker from California. She is the author of I could die today and live again (Game Over Books, 2024) and The Hungering Years (Host Publications, 2026). A member of the Radius of Arab American Writers and the National Book Critics Circle, she is calling on you to recommit yourself to the liberation of the Palestinian people each day.

Info: An art talk on poetry, fandom, featuring clips from the show Supernatural.

Info: An opportunity to purchase The Hungering Years and hang out at We Luv Video.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

We Luv Video, 100 North Loop Boulevard East, Austin, United States

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