Poets & Writers Fellows Reading, May 2026

Avia joined her fellow 2026 Poets & Writers “Get the Word Out” Fellows for a reading on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. Avia read alongside:

• Alfredo Aguilar, My North County (University of Akron Press @uakronpress)

• Mansi Dahal, Women in Marigold (Stillhouse Press @stillhousepress)

• Ajla Dizdarević, What I Learned About Dogs in the Village (Carnegie Mellon University Press @cmupress)

• Ty Raso, Mirror Would Be a Beautiful Name For a Child (Noemi Press @noemipressbooks)

• L. Renée, Holler Root (University of Kentucky Press @kentuckypress)

• Alafia Nicole Sessions, Nine Drops of Turpentine (University of Georgia Press @ugapress)

• Kiana Shaley, Entrance (Futurepoem @futurepoembooks)

• Sanam Sheriff, Hum ہم (University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress)

• Marjorie Tesser, Unquiet (Cornerstone Press @cornerstone.press)

About the fellowship: “Now in its fourth year, Get the Word Out builds on Poets & Writers’ decades-long history of providing practical guidance about the business of writing. The program aims to reduce barriers to success for writers from historically marginalized communities—including BIPOC and LGBTQ+ writers, as well as those from outside of New York City and those whose books are published by independent presses. Poets & Writers will accept applications for the next cohort of early career fiction writers in June. For more information, visit at.pw.org/GTWO.”