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PEN Out Loud: Madness and Mania

In today’s political climate, the creative processes that allow us to sustain and express ourselves are more important than ever. Join PEN America in partnership with Strand Book Store for an intimate poetry reading with two award-winning authors whose works navigate themes of mental health and the often obscured line between self-hate and self-love. The reading will be followed by a discussion on the craft of spoken word versus word on the page and an examination of the emotional undertaking of putting together a collection of poetry.

This event will feature poet sam sax, author of Madness, which won the National Poetry Series, in conversation with poet Jeanann Verlee, a 2017 National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellow and author of Said the Manic to the Muse.

PEN Out Loud is a monthly series presented by PEN America in collaboration with the Strand Book Store. This series provides a platform to amplify diverse and marginalized voices and convene vital conversations on the ways in which threats to free expression affect readers and writers alike.











When: Mon., Nov. 20, 2017 at 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: The Strand
828 Broadway
212-473-1452
Price: $10 Admission & Signed Copy grants you admission for one, plus one signed copy of the book.
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In today’s political climate, the creative processes that allow us to sustain and express ourselves are more important than ever. Join PEN America in partnership with Strand Book Store for an intimate poetry reading with two award-winning authors whose works navigate themes of mental health and the often obscured line between self-hate and self-love. The reading will be followed by a discussion on the craft of spoken word versus word on the page and an examination of the emotional undertaking of putting together a collection of poetry.

This event will feature poet sam sax, author of Madness, which won the National Poetry Series, in conversation with poet Jeanann Verlee, a 2017 National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellow and author of Said the Manic to the Muse.

PEN Out Loud is a monthly series presented by PEN America in collaboration with the Strand Book Store. This series provides a platform to amplify diverse and marginalized voices and convene vital conversations on the ways in which threats to free expression affect readers and writers alike.

Buy tickets/get more info now