Poets in Pajamas brings you Mia S. Willis at 7 p.m. EST (4 p.m. PST) on June 9th with a 15-minute live reading immediately followed by a short Q&A. The event will be held at the PiP Facebook page.
By clicking “going” to the Facebook event, you will let us know to expect you and will ensure that you are sent a reminder, so you don’t forget. Remember to prepare your questions for the featured poet, too!
Mia S. Willis is a 23-year-old African American artist and adventurer from Charlotte, North Carolina. Mia is a recipient of the 2018 Foothill Editors’ Prize for their poem “hecatomb,” which was also nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Their work appears or is forthcoming in WORDPEACE, Peculiar: a Queer Poetry Journal, Foothill: a Journal of Poetry, Button Poetry and SlamFind. In 2018, Mia ranked fourth out of 96 femme poets at the Women of the World Poetry Slam, placed fifth out of 150 poets at the Southern Fried Regional Poetry Slam, and won the Capturing Fire Slam. They were also a member of Tender Bitch, the winning poetry performance team at the 2018 Feminine Empowerment Movement Slam Tournament. Mia’s debut poetry collection, monster house., was the 2018 winner of the Cave Canem Foundation’s Toi Derricotte & Cornelius Eady Chapbook Prize and will be published by Jai-Alai Books in the spring of 2019.
monster house. from Jai-Alai Books
Mia S. Willis in WORDPEACE
Mia S. Willis at Capturing Fire
Join us at the Poets in Pajamas Facebook page at 7 p.m. EST (4 p.m. PST) on June 9, 2019. When the live video starts, click join to watch the reading and interact with the poet.
Anna Black will host.
This reading series is hosted courtesy of Sundress Publications.
Poets in Pajamas Reading Series 