Kaveh Akbar
April 10 - 11

SNC Tahoe’s Writers in the Woods brings well-known poets and writers from all over the country to the campus for intimate readings and workshops, where audience members can meet and exchange ideas with the guest writers.

Readings: Friday evenings, 7 – 9pm. Free and open to the public.
Workshops: Saturday mornings, 10am – noon. Free to students, $50  for community members — REGISTER HERE. Can be taken for credit.
Location: Tahoe Center for Environmental Studies (TCES) Room 139-141

Kaveh Akbar is an Iranian-American poet, professor, and scholar. He is the recipient of the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation, a Pushcart Prize, among many other awards.

“Akbar has what every poet needs: the power to make, from emotions others have felt, memorable language nobody has assembled before.”
- Stephanie Burt for the Yale Review on Calling a Wolf a Wolf

author website: kavehakbar.com
twitter @KavehAkbar
instagram @Kavehhhhhhhh

This program is supported in part by Nevada Humanities. Learn more