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From the Language of Ash: a Reading Series

Nabila Lovelace
Mon, October 22, 2018
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Urban Arts Space

Admission is free and open to the public.

Urban Arts Space is honored to join with The Ohio State University Department of English and Costura Creative to present From the Language of Ash, a new, free reading series organized by poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib.

The series begins October 22 with a reading by Nabila Lovelace.

Nabila Lovelace is a born and raised Queens native, as well as a first generation American. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Narrative Northeast, Washington Square Review, Day One, ESPNW, & Vinyl. She is co-founder of The Conversation Literary Festival. Her parents hail from Trinidad and Tobago and Nigeria. Sons of Achilles, her debut book of poems, is available now from YesYes Books. 

Book sales provided by the Wexner Center Store

Series schedule below and more details coming soon.

February 28, 2019: Emily Jungmin Yoon

May 2019 (date TBA): Tyree Daye

October 24, 2019: Analicia Sotelo

From the Language of Ash