Virtual Poetry Reading: Poets in Their Youth

Featuring Christian Andres Alfaro De La Rosa, Paul Buchanan, Reuben Gelley Newman, Nicole Liu, and Yi Wei, hosted by Nathalie Anderson

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532069956?pwd=c2VzQWMrWnN6a3oxR3ZvaVVEWS93UT09

Meeting ID: 845 3206 9956, Passcode: 704102

Christian Andres Alfaro De La Rosa (he/him) is a first generation, Mexican/Chicano writer based out of his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. He writes about the intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, class, inter racial solidarity, poems that touch on his hometown of Chicago, his upbringing, childhood and coming of age within the city’s Southwest Side; he also incorporates other mediums art into his poetry as well (such as photography, visual art, music) that not only inspire, but fuel his creativity and his writing. 

Paul Buchanan (he/they) is a queer, Afro-Caribbean writer with roots in Guyana and the American South. His primary interests lie in the intersections between Black identity formation, trauma, and the Black literary tradition. Currently, he is teaching 1st grade full time, working on 

extending his research surrounding Black family trauma narratives into a full paper, and working on a collection of chapbooks. He has a B.A in Black Studies and English from Swarthmore College and is a recipient of both the John Russel Hayes Poetry prize and the Mellon Mays Fellowship.

Reuben Gelley Newman (he/him) is a writer and musician from New York City. His work is available in diode, DIALOGIST, Hobart Pulp, and elsewhere. He was a Fall 2020 intern at Copper Canyon Press and works in the library at Williams College in Williamstown, MA. He tweets @joustingsnail. 

Nicole Liu (she/her) was born in Hong Kong, raised in Shenzhen, and came of age in Boston. In her poems and essays, she is attracted to topics of miscommunication and the absurd details of her life. Nicole graduated magna cum laude from Swarthmore College with a B.A. in English and Chinese. She is currently applying to graduate school while working as a writer, writing instructor, and translator.  

Yi Wei is a first-generation Chinese writer with a BA in Asian American Studies and English from Swarthmore College. She currently serves as the Assistant Flash Fiction Editor at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. Yi has been awarded the Lois Morrell Poetry Prize and is the third-place winner for the 2021 Sappho Prize for Women Poets. Her work can be found in Palette Poetry, Lantern Review, and Crosswinds. She’s currently a Writer in the Public Schools fellow at NYU’s MFA in poetry.