In Conversation: Naomi Shihab Nye
Join us for this special online event as poet, songwriter, and editor Naomi Shihab Nye speaks with Marjorie Lotfi about her poetry, inspirations, and how her work engages with her American-Palestinian identity and culture. Nye has published over 20 books including poetry, essays, picture books, novels, and anthologies for younger readers. She has won many literary awards and been a Lannan Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow, a Witter Bynner Fellow, and poet-in-residence at Ledbury Poetry Festival.
With her versatility and decades-spanning career, Nye’s work is impossible to summarise, so tune in to this insightful online conversation to hear Nye herself say more.
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