

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Poetry Reading: MY DEAR CULT LEADER, by Aly Acevedo
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: We’re thrilled to welcome poet Aly Acevedo to Skylark to read from her new collection of poems, My Dear Cult Leader.

My Dear Cult Leader by Aly Acevedo is a winding, weighty collection-at once layered with scars and warm, velvet nights. 

The collection dissects cyclic violences through the figures of the 'cult leader' and his followers, interwoven with personal narratives of trauma and survival. Acevedo examines the lasting effects of sexual assault and toxic relationships on the body and mind. Dynamically sensory and emotionally raw, Acevedo's work calls for female safety and solidarity, and strikes a remarkable balance between devastation and hope. 

My Dear Cult Leader gives careful attention to the wounds of humanity--finding in them the way back to love and self-empowerment.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/columbia/poetry-reading-my-dear-cult-leader-by-aly-acevedo/200029528923443
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 22

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029528923443?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=columbia-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Columbia
- **state**: MO
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Skylark Bookshop
- **lat**: 38.95082
- **long**: -92.32725
- **full address**: Skylark Bookshop, 22 South 9th Street,Columbia, Missouri, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Skylark Bookshop (https://allevents.in/org/skylark-bookshop/16899220)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Skylark Bookshop, 22 South 9th Street,Columbia, Missouri, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Skylark Bookshop
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Poetry Reading: MY DEAR CULT LEADER, by Aly Acevedo ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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