Long River Reading Series
Featuring: Victoria Nordlund and Asianut Odong
Date and Time: Wed., Nov. 29 @ 5:30pm
Location: Stern Lounge, Philip E. Austin Building, 215 Glenbrook Rd, Storrs, CT
This event is free and open to the public.
Join us for a reading, hot cocoa, and wintery treats. Participate in our open mic.
Victoria Nordlund is the creative writing director at Rockville High School in Vernon, CT, an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut, and lead master teaching artist of the The Nook Farm Writers Collaborative at The Mark Twain House & Museum. Her poetry collections Wine-Dark Sea and Binge Watching Winter on Mute are published by Main Street Rag. She is a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize Nominee, whose work has appeared in PANK Magazine, Rust+Moth, Chestnut Review, Pidgeonholes, Connecticut Literary Anthology, Maudlin House, trampset, and elsewhere.
Asianut Odong is a 17 year old Ugandan writer and poet, currently studying at Westminster School. She draws her inspiration from her rich cultural heritage and upbringing. She has a deep connection to her roots, and which shines through in her poetry featuring themes of culture, home and womanhood. Her ability to transport readers to distant lands through her verses has earned her recognition nationally and internationally; including the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio, Goi Peace International Prize and the United Nations Foundation among several others. Her work was recently published in Write On, Black Girl! She hopes to continue to use her work to explore her passions further and advocate for social change in the best way she knows how
For more information, contact: Sophia Buckner at sophia.buckner@uconn.edu