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Whitman and Sexuality – 2019 Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series at PhillyCam
November 5, 2019 @ 6:30 pm
The program is broadcast live on the first Tuesday of each month. The program is free and open to everyone. Please join us.
Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia.
David Acosta is the Artistic Director of Casa De Duende. His poetry has appeared in various literary journals and anthologies. Among the most notable are Mayrena, The Painted Bride Quarterly, The Evergreen Chronicles, and The Americas Review. He was a founding member of the Philadelphia based Latinx artist collective Desde Este Lado/From This Side and a founding member and one of the editors of its literary magazine.
Lynn Levin is a poet, writer, translator, and teacher. She is the author of seven books, including the poetry collection Miss Plastique and a translation from the Spanish, Birds on the Kiswar Tree by Odi Gonzales. Her newest book, as co-author, is Poems for the Writing: Prompts for Poets, Second Edition. Lynn Levin teaches at Drexel University where she has taught classes on the poetry of Walt Whitman and co-coordinated Drexel Celebrates Whitman at 200, part of the regional series Whitman at 200: Art and Democracy.
Andrew Nurkin is the Deputy Director for Enrichment and Civic Engagement at the Free Library of Philadelphia. From 2012 to 2017, Andrew served as the Executive Director of Princeton AlumniCorps and was previously on the staff of the Pace Center for Civic Engagement at Princeton University.
-Charles S. Carr, Host
