APPEARING: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2023 (VIEW FULL SCHEDULE)

VENUE: ANALOG WINE LIBRARY: 129 N Race St, Urbana, IL 61801 — 7:30 – 9:00 pm

The Ties that Bind Us: Writers on Connection

In a time of division, what unites us, roots us to place, or bonds our lives to a frail humanity? Graduates and faculty from the University of Illinois will share their poems and stories of family, family history and those forces that spark our connections to each other.

Readers (in order):

0. Opening remarks – Janice N. Harrington (5 mins)

1. Carrie Johnson

2. Nina Sannes

3. Deon Robinson

4. Andrea Sielicki

5. Zach Simon

6. Ted Sanders

7. Janice Harrington

+ a Q+A to follow around 8:40 pm