Poetry Reading: Steven Espada Dawson *IN PERSON at Boswell Books*
Boswell hosts an evening with Madison’s Poet Laureate, Steven Espada Dawson, who appears with Late to the Search Party, a bold, vivid, and beautiful poetry collection that explores family, addiction, and loss. We’re thrilled to cohost this event along with Boswell.
In person at Boswell Books: 2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53211
Steven Espada Dawson’s first full length poetry collection is a crystalline debut exploring themes of family, addiction, belonging, and loss—a searching elegy of the fissures that have come to define contemporary American life.
From Boswellian Chris Lee: “As far as debut collections go, this one’s a kick right in the chest. This is the raw, urgent howl of a young poet who’s bleeding onto the page, yet it’s written with the lyrical sophistication and control of a master stylist, one who’s lived more than a few lives. It is a marvel of love and pain.”
This is a free event. Advanced registration is encouraged: stevenespadadawsonmke.eventbrite.com
Steven Espada Dawson is a former Ruth Lilly Fellow and Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellow. His poems appear in many journals and have been anthologized in Best New Poets, Pushcart Prize, and Sarabande’s Another Last Call: Poems on Addiction & Deliverance. He has taught creative writing at universities, libraries, and prisons across the country. He lives in Madison, where he serves as poet laureate.
ATTENDING IN PERSON?
Please register to attend through Boswell's Eventbrite.
.