An evening with Poet Carolyn Forché celebrating her new collection, OTHERWHERE: New and Selected Poems, 1976-2026

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“From a Pulitzer Prize finalist and central figure in American poetry, a landmark collection of new and selected poems chronicling five decades of work marked by moral courage, radical empathy, and unflinching witness.” (Simon & Schuster)

Please join us for a reading, on-stage interview, and book signing with the amazing Carolyn Forché who will be reading from her new book, Otherwhere: New and Selected Poems, 1976 – 2026, a collection Margaret Atwood calls "a poetry of courage and compassion." After the reading, Forché will be in conversation with former Houston poet laureate, Robin Davidson. Basket Books & Art will be present to sell books.

The reading is FREE and open to the public.

The event is hosted by the University of Houston Creative Writing Program, thanks to Kevin Prufer, Roberto Tejada, Kaitlin Rizzo, and Valeria Gonzalez—in collaboration with Houston Public Library, with warm thanks to Carol Mullikin!

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