Poetry Reading: Sandra Lim

Sandra Lim will be reading from her recent work, The Curious Thing (2021). Book sales, a reception, and a signing will follow the program.

This program is co-sponsored with the Michener Center for Writers.

Sandra Lim’s previous collections of poetry include The Wilderness (W.W. Norton), winner of the Barnard Women Poets Prize selected by Louise Glück, and Loveliest Grotesque (Kore Press). She is the recipient of the 2023 Jackson Poetry Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Academy of Arts and Letters Literature Award, the Pushcart Prize, and the Levis Reading Prize. Her writing has appeared in a range of journals, including The Atlantic, The New York Review of Books, Poetry, The Baffler, and The New York Times Magazine, among others. In 2023, she was named Distinguished University Professor at UMass Lowell, where she teaches literature and creative writing. Born in Seoul, Korea, she now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Please have your reservation confirmation ready upon entering. A reservation does not guarantee a seat. Line forms upon arrival of the first patron, and doors open 30 minutes in advance. Doors to our theater will open approximately 30 minutes before the event begins. No food or beverages are allowed inside our theater or gallery space.

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