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Honoring Indigenous Expression with Natalie Diaz

May 2, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

The University of Central Florida’s Department of Writing and Rhetoric presents Natalie Diaz, a Mojave-Latina MacArthur Foundation fellow and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet of “Postcolonial Love Poem,” in a virtual presentation her poetic works. Through her writing, Diaz explores themes of identity, fear, and self-realization. Following her reading, Diaz will then open the session up to an audience Q&A to discuss her creative and activist work.

This program is funded in part through a Florida Humanities Greater Good: Humanities in Academia grant in partnership with the University of Central Florida.

Event Details

Event Date/time:

May 2, 2022 @ 6:00 pm -
May 2, 2022 @ 7:00 pm

Other

Presenter Information:
Professor Natalie Diaz, Poet, Activist, Arizona State University, Presenter; Dr. Jamila Kareem, Assistant Professor, Department of Writing and Rhetoric, host; Dr. Sherry Rankins-Robertson, Chair of the Department of Writing and Rhetoric, MC; Dr. Jeffrey Moore, Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, opening speaker; Dr. Jeremy Carnes, Postdoctoral Scholar in Department of Writing and Rhetoric, Q&A monitor; Professor Megan Lambert, First-Year Composition Coordinator, the Department of Writing and Rhetoric, Q&A monitor.
Event Fee:
Free
Event Type:
Online
Event Registration Link:
Register Here

Event Contact:

Heather Gibson
Phone:
(407) 823-5095

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