# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Steven Espada Dawson: LATE TO THE SEARCH PARTY
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 06 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: A raw, crystalline debut poetry collection exploring themes of family, addiction, belonging, and loss—a searching elegy of the fissures that have come to define contemporary American life.

The unsettled border between absence and presence haunts this stunning collection, in which poet laureate Steven Espada Dawson contemplates belonging, identity, family, and grief in poems about his own half-immigrant Mexican American family: his dying mother who raised him, his addict brother who has been missing for more than a decade, and his absent father.

Chronicled in four parts, shifting restlessly between childhood memories, the sudden disappearance of his brother, and the inevitable loss of his ailing mother, Late to the Search Party explores what it means to be a family of one—to be orphaned, whether by fate or by circumstance. In language that is both grounded and ethereal, Dawson tallies the losses and looks at what remains: the frustration and anger, the bewilderment and sadness—and the affection and humor that makes itself felt in spite of everything.

A vivid and thoughtful meditation on love and loss, Late to the Search Party is an ode to the families that inspire and confound us all.

Nate Marshall and Paul Tran will also be reading at this event. 

https://www.wisconsinbookfestival.org/events/late-search-party
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/madison/steven-espada-dawson-late-to-the-search-party/200028091967210
- **Event Categories**: parties, entertainment, art, literary-art, health-wellness, meditation
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 50

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Madison
- **state**: WI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 201 W Mifflin St, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53703
- **lat**: 43.07359
- **long**: -89.38752
- **full address**: 201 W Mifflin St, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53703

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Steven Espada Dawson: LATE TO THE SEARCH PARTY being held?
  - **A:** Steven Espada Dawson: LATE TO THE SEARCH PARTY takes place on Tue, 06 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Tue, 06 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm at 201 W Mifflin St, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53703.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Steven Espada Dawson: LATE TO THE SEARCH PARTY?
  - **A:** Steven Espada Dawson: LATE TO THE SEARCH PARTY is organized by Wisconsin Book Festival.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Steven Espada Dawson: LATE TO THE SEARCH PARTY is ideal for party-goers, social butterflies, and anyone looking for a great night out with music, drinks, and good vibes. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Madison, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Steven Espada Dawson: LATE TO THE SEARCH PARTY sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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