Afrofuturistic, Pastoral, Speculative, Poetry Reading with Christina M. Rau

The Afrofuturistic Pastoral Speculative Poetry Quarterly Reading  Series  2022 

Free Live on Facebook Via Zoom all from 7 to 8 p.m. 

features Akua Lezli Hope with poet guests. The event includes reading of new speculative poetry and discussion of the afrofuturistic and the pastoral in the realm of speculative poetry.

Wednesday December 21 with poet laureate, Christina M. Rau

Christina M. Rau is the author of the 2021 poetry collection What We Do To Make Us Whole, the Elgin Award-winning sci-fi fem poetry collection, Liberating The Astronauts (Aqueduct Press), and  WakeBreatheMove (Finishing Line Press) and For The Girls, I (dancing girl press). She’s served as Poet In Residence for Oceanside Library NY, was named Long Island Poet of the Year by Walt Whitman Birthplace, and is the recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Creative Works and a New York State DEC arts grant through Huntington Arts Council. She also serves as Editor-in-chief for the international literary journal The Nassau Review at Nassau Community College, where she teaches writing.  http://www.christinamrau.com