# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Virtual Poetry Reading with Akua Lezli Hope
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 17 May, 2026 at 11:00 pm – Mon, 18 May, 2026 at 12:00 am (+00:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us for a virtual poetry reading via Zoom in honor of the release of Akua Lezli Hope’s new collection, "TELEPATH," due out in April From Gnashing Teeth Press. Themes in "TELEPATH" include mind reading and historical memory.
You can join the reading via Zoom with the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83455357484?pwd=eQ1WchGvfmgtPbgZeq2tnjSZmP8RV3.1
Meeting ID: 834 5535 7484      Passcode: 430364
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Akua Lezli Hope is a Grand Master of Fantastic Poetry (SFPA), wisdom seeker, and paraplegic creator of poems, patterns, stories, music, and sculpture, has been in print since 1974 with over 500 poems published.
Her collections include Embouchure: "Poems on Jazz and Other Musics" (Writer’s Digest Book Award), "THEM GONE," and "Otherwheres: Speculative Poetry" (Elgin Award). 
Her honors include NEA & NYFA fellowships; SFPA, Rhysling, CRITTER & IGNYTE awards; and NYSCA grants.
She created the ongoing Speculative Sundays Poetry Reading Series and edited NOMBONO: An Anthology of Speculative Poetry by BIPOC Creators, the first of its kind. Her collection, "TELEPATH," will be published by Gnashing Teeth Publishing in 2026.
Find her at: SpeculativePoetry.com, AkuaLezliHope.com, and DisabilityPoetics.com.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/south-corning-new-york/virtual-poetry-reading-with-akua-lezli-hope/200029767016520
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, meetups, music, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: South Corning, New York
- **location**: Online event
- **full address**: Online event, 300 Nasser Civic Center Plz, Corning, NY 14830-2846, United States, South Corning, New York

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Virtual Poetry Reading with Akua Lezli Hope being held?
  - **A:** Virtual Poetry Reading with Akua Lezli Hope takes place on Sun, 17 May, 2026 at 11:00 pm to Mon, 18 May, 2026 at 12:00 am at Online event, 300 Nasser Civic Center Plz, Corning, NY 14830-2846, United States, South Corning, New York.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Virtual Poetry Reading with Akua Lezli Hope?
  - **A:** Virtual Poetry Reading with Akua Lezli Hope is organized by Southeast Steuben County Library.

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