Sarah C. Harwell is the author of the poetry collection Sit Down Traveler (Antilever Press, 2012) and was collected in a book of emerging poets titled Three New Poets (Sheep Meadow Press, 2006). Her poems and stories have been published in various journals, including Revel, Green River Review, Poetry, Ploughshares and The Washington Post. She has written a book of linked short stories set in an airport during a delay and is currently working on a novel. She is the Associate Director of the Creative Writing Program at Syracuse University, where she also holds the post of Teaching Professor.
Lauren K. Watel’s debut collection, BOOK of POTIONS (potion = poem + fiction) won the Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry, selected by Ilya Kaminsky and published by Sarabande Books. Her poetry, fiction, essays and translations have appeared widely. Her prose poem honoring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was set to music by Pulitzer-winning composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, and the piece premiered at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 2021. A native of Dallas, TX, she currently lives in Decatur, GA, home of the intrepid Decatur High School Marching Band.
This event will take place IN-PERSON at the Downtown Writers Center and be streamed ONLINE via Zoom.