March 27, 2020

Virtual Reading: I am Deliberate and Afraid of Nothing

by Nailah Taman | in Literary

Mizna + Asian American Writers’ Workshop partnered to present our first virtual reading! I Am Deliberate And Afraid of Nothing: Poetry, Prose, and Protest, a reading of Mizna authors went live on Facebook on Thursday, March 26, featuring authors Andrea Abi-Karam, Romaissaa Benzizoune, and Sham-e-Ali Nayeem. This livestream is a joyous first collaboration between Mizna and AAWW. This event was facilitated by AAWW’s guest curator Bushra Rehman and Mizna’s executive and artistic director Lana S. Barkawi. Missed the livestream? Watch the full video below.

ACCESSIBILITY NOTE
An accessible copy of the program can be found here: aaww.org/poetryprotestvirtual

This event is part of National Poetry Coalition programming and is supported by the Academy of American Poets with funds from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and is also supported by a National Endowment for the Arts grant to Mizna.