Smoraya Noisy
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This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Babyn Yar, also known as the Babi Yar, massacre, when in a span of 48 hours, nearly 34,000 Jews were brought to and murdered in the Babyn Yar ravine on the outskirts of Kyiv in then Nazi-occupied Ukraine. While the Nazis attempted to hide evidence of the massacres, eyewitnesses and other evidence indicate the truth of the atrocities at Babyn Yar, which …more

Reading by the author followed by a conversation (in Spanish) and Q&A (in English or Spanish).

Moderated by Laura Demaria, University of Maryland, and Brenda Werth, American University.

Samanta Schweblin is one of the most celebrated writers on the world literary stage. She is the author of the novel Fever Dream (Distancia de rescate, 2015) a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize. Her …more

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Natalie Senft
Breakout room C 2:30-4:30

AU MFA Alumna and 2021 Academy of American Poets Laughlin prize Winner Poet Chet'la Sebree is the author of Field Study, winner of the 2020 James Laughlin Award, and Mistress, which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award and won the 2018 New Issues Poetry Prize. For her work, she has received fellowships and awards from the Academy of American Poets, the Delaware Division of the Arts, Hedgebrook, …more

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