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Virtual Poetry Reading: Vernyce Dannells and Anis Mojgani

Vernyce Dannells shares, with Anis, the world view of her jumbled origins and a disarmingly unvarnished response to the world. A graduate of the Radcliffe Publishing Course, she especially loved the years she reported for National Public Radio. Vernyce’s work has been featured in national & international literary publications, and her storytelling is sought around the world. Cadenza Press published her chapbook Temporarily Abated.

Anis Mojgani is the current Poet Laureate of Oregon. A two-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam and winner of the International World Cup Poetry Slam, Anis has performed at hundreds of universities across the US, and festivals around the globe such as the Sydney Writer’s Festival, Jamaica’s Calabash festival, and Seoul’s Young Writer’s Festival. His work has appeared on HBO, National Public Radio, and as part of the Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day series; and in the pages of the NYTimes, Rattle, Platypus, Winter Tangerine, Forklift Ohio, and Bat City Review, amongst others. The author of five books of poetry and the opera libretto, Sanctuaries, his first children’s book is forthcoming from Chronicle Books. Originally from New Orleans, Anis currently lives in Portland Oregon. Visit his website thepianofarm.com.

Alina Macneal & Jennifer Hook, Hosts – Open Reading Follows