Join us for light refreshments and a fantastic author reading and conversation! There will be a brief audience Q&A as well as book signing after the author talk. 

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ABOUT THE BOOK 

Critically acclaimed writer Tramaine Suubi follows up her debut, phases, with stages. This powerful meditation, inspired by Lucille Clifton, focuses on choices and changes throughout life, from Yellow Dwarf to Protostar. In this breathtaking companion poetry collection, inspired by the evolution of our brightest star, Suubi offers poems alluding to the history of how it came to be and its effects on each human life. Readers will discover poems exploring everything from the gimmicks of capitalism to the false promises of tranquility.

This is another brilliant collection that will only reinforce Suubi as a rising star of her generation.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Tramaine Suubi is a multilingual writer from Kampala, and a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She is the author of phases and stages. She has also published creative writing in over 15 literary anthologies, journals, magazines, and reviews. Tramaine works toward the total liberation of all oppressed people by any means necessary.

ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER

Michele Evans is the author of februaries and purl (nominated for the Maya Angelou Book Award). She is a fifth-generation Washingtonian, writer, teacher, and adviser for Unbound, an award-winning high-school literary magazine. Her poems have appeared in Artemis Journal, Bellevue Literary Review, Gargoyle, and elsewhere. She lives online at www.awordsmithie.com.

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