F187.
Writing Death, Grief, & the Afterlife across Cultures
Friday, March 25, 2022
12:10 pm to 1:10 pm
In a time when death and grief are heavily present in the global consciousness, this panel asks the following question: How do poets approach writing about death, grief, and the afterlife, and how are such approaches informed and complicated by a poet’s cultural background? Panelists will hold a craft-based conversation about these themes as explored both within their own writing and the work of poets throughout history. They will also give a brief reading and engage with audience questions.
Participants
Caitlin Doyle's work has appeared in the Guardian, the Yale Review, the Atlantic, and others. Her honors include fellowships through Yaddo, MacDowell, and the James Merrill House. She is currently visiting assistant professor of English and writer in residence at Washington & Jefferson College.
Megan Fernandes is an assistant professor of English at Lafayette College and holds an MFA in poetry from Boston University and a PhD in English from University of California Santa Barbara. Her work has appeared in journals such as the New Yorker, Tin House, Rattle, Guernica, Pank, the Common, among others.
Chad Abushanab is the author of The Last Visit, winner of the Donald Justice Poetry Prize. His poems appear in the New York Times Magazine, the Believer, Best New Poets, Southern Poetry Review, Ecotone, and others. He holds a PhD in English and creative writing from Texas Tech University.
Mary Leauna Christensen is of Indigenous, Latinx, and Caucasian background and is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Mary received her MFA from EWU and is a PhD candidate at USM. Her work has appeared in New Ohio Review, Puerto del Sol, cream city review, and the Laurel Review.
Su Cho (PhD/MFA/BA) is the author of The Symmetry of Fish, which won the National Poetry Series, and is a visiting assistant professor at Franklin & Marshall College. She currently serves as consulting editor for Poetry Magazine after serving as guest editor.
