Victoria Redel and Paige Ackerson-Kiely will be reading from their newest poetry collections. Paradise and Dolefully, A Rampart Stands will be available for purchase, and light refreshments will be served.
Victoria Redel is a first-generation American author of four books of poetry and five books of fiction, most recently the poetry collection, Paradise (2022) and the novel Before Everything (2017) Victoria’s work has been widely anthologized, awarded, and translated in ten languages. Her debut novel, Loverboy (2001) was adapted for feature film directed by Kevin Bacon. Redel’s short stories, poetry and essays have appeared in Granta, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Bomb, One Story, Salmagundi, O and NOON among many others. She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts and the Fine Arts Work Center. Victoria is a professor in the graduate and undergraduate Creative Writing programs at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in New York City.
Paige Ackerson-Kiely is the author of three collections of poetry, most recently Dolefully, A Rampart Stands (Penguin 2019). She is the Director of the MFA in Writing Program at Sarah Lawrence College, and lives in NYC.
Slonim Living Room / Stone Room
Open to the public
/ Tuesday