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The Sundress Academy for the Arts is proud to present “A Virtual Reading Series” on November 25th, 2020 from 7-8PM EST on Zoom. Access the event at https://tiny.utk.edu/sundress. The password is safta.

FEATURING
Roseanna Alice Boswell Recchia is a queer poet from Upstate New York. Her work has appeared or will soon appear in: Driftwood Press, Jarfly Magazine, Capulet Magazine,and elsewhere. Roseanna holds an MFA from Bowling Green State University and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in English at Oklahoma State University. Her first collection, Hiding in a Thimble,is forthcoming withHaverthorn Press January 2021.Find her on Twitter @swellbunny posting about feminism and her love of exclamation marks.

Sabrina Sarro is a current social worker in the state of NY. They hold an LMSW from Columbia University and are currently pursuing an MFA from the City College of New York—CUNY. As a queer non-binary writer of color, they are most interested in investigating the intersectionalities of life and engaging in self-reflection and introspection. They are an alumnus of the LAMBDA Literary Emerging Voices for LGBTQIA* Writers Retreat, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Yale Writers' Workshop, and many others. They have received scholarships from The Martha's Vineyard Institute for Creative Writing and the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley.

Sarah Giragosian is the author of the poetry collection Queer Fish, a winner of the American Poetry Journal Book Prize (Dream Horse Press, 2017) and The Death Spiral(Black Lawrence Press, 2020). The craft anthology,Marbles on the Floor: How to Assemble a Book of Poems, which is co-edited by Sarah and Virginia Konchan, is forthcoming from The University of Akron Press. A two time winner of the Best of the Net, Sarah's writing has appeared in such journals as Orion, Ecotone, Tin House, and Prairie Schooner,among others. She teaches at the University at Albany-SUNY.

The Sundress Reading Series is free and open to the public!