This free April 3 event, sent by Milwaukee poet Dasha Kelly Hamilton, looks like an intriguing opportunity for poets of all stripes:
Tjawangwa Dema is a Motswana poet returning to Milwaukee with her award-winning new book, The Careless Seamstress. Dema will guide a writing session, share work from her new title and sign books. This event is delivered in partnership with Boswell Book Company. It is free and open to the public.
Dema is a Motswana poet, educator and arts administrator. Her collection The Careless Seamstress (University of Nebraska Press, 2019) won the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry. Her chapbook Mandible (Slapering Hol Press, 2014) was selected for the African Poetry Book Fund’s New-Generation African Poets series. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Lancaster University and has given readings and taught workshops over twenty countries. Her poems have been translated into languages including Spanish, Chinese, German and Swedish.
The time is 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. at The Retreat in Milwaukee, 2215 N. King Drive.
