EVENT LINK: https://tinyurl.com/saba-husain
August 8th, 8:15pm-10:00pm, Virtual, Free

BookWoman 2nd Thursday poetry is delighted to welcome Saba Husain as our feature on Thursday, August 8, 2024 from 8:15 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. EDT. This will be a Zoom-only event.

Saba Husain is a Pakistani-American poet from Houston. Her debut poetry collection, Elegy for My Tongue, was published by Terrapin Books in 2023. She has work in Barrow Street, Cimarron Review, On the Seawall, Puerto del Sol, Southern Poetry Anthology, Third Coast, The Shore, and elsewhere. Saba is a 2023 Pushcart Prize nominee, a 2023 Perugia Press finalist, and a 2021 and 2020 X.J. Kennedy Poetry Prize finalist. She works a day job and has served on the board of Mutabilis Press since 2019. Saba earned a B.A. in Creative Writing from University of Houston.

Cindy Huyser hosts; an open mic follows.

Please be sure to log into Zoom with your email address and password before accessing the event. EventBrite registration is required.

Contact BookWoman to order your copy of Elegy for My Tongue and other titles for in-store pickup, curbside delivery and direct-from-warehouse shipping: bookwomanaustin@gmail.com; (512)472-2785; https://ebookwoman.com .