A Washington, DC resident since 1997, Naomi Ayala is the author of three books of poetry – Wild Animals on the Moon (Curbstone Press); This Side of Early (Curbstone/Northwestern University Press); and Calling Home: Praise Songs and Incantations (Bilingual Press, University of Arizona) – as well as of the chapbook Molinos: Primeros Poemas. She’s the translator of La sombra de la muerte/Death’s Shadow, a novel by His Excellency José Tomás Pérez, the Dominican Republic’s Ambassador to the U.S., and of Luis Alberto Ambroggio’s poetry collection La arqueología del viento/The Wind’s Archeology. A proud recipient of artist fellowships from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy of Environmental Justice Award, as well as Special Recognition for Community Service from the U.S. Congress, Naomi’s essays have appeared in The Massachusetts Review and Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.
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Carmen Calatayud
and Truth Thomas Reading
DC FRIENDS! The one and only Larry Neal Award-winning, Carmen Calatayud, author of two poetry collections, This Tangled Body and In the Company of Spirits , will be reading with Howard County Inaugural Poet Laureate, Truth Thomas, this SATURDAY JUNE 7 @ 4 PM at the American Poetry Museum. APM is adjacent to the Brookland-CUA metro at 715 Monroe St NE #25. Calatayud writes, "I'm thrilled to be coming home to DC to share my new book This Tangled Body. Please bring your poems to share for a lively open mic and join us for poetry, conversation and community. Thanks to the American Poetry Museum and Sami Miranda for making space for all of us to gather. We'd love to see you and spend time with you this Saturday ❤❤❤"
