Join Kristen Renee Miller and Arsimmer McCoy for a poetry reading at The Betsy-South Beach Library. December 19th, starting at 7:30 PM EST.
Kristen Renee Miller is the incoming director and editor-in-chief for Sarabande Books. A poet and translator, she is the 2020 winner of the Gulf Coast Prize in Translation and the translator of two books of poetry from the French by Ilnu Nation poet Marie-Andrée Gill. Her work can be found widely, including in POETRY, The Kenyon Review, DIAGRAM, jubilat, and Best New Poets. She is the recipient of fellowships and awards from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, AIGA, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the American Literary Translators Association. She lives in Louisville, Kentucky.
Arsimmer McCoy is an interdisciplinary artist who merges poetry, archive, performance, and audio/visual sculpture, into a conduit for advocacy. She’s been published in Venice Magazine, RootWork journal, and books 2 and 3 of The Miami Trilogy published by O,Miami. Film writing credits include the art films “HOW TO: Oh, Look at me”, dir by visual artist and sculptor GeoVanna Gonzalez & “You Can Always Come Home”, dir by Emmy award-winner Juancy Matos. In May, Arsimmer completed and debuted her poetry-driven stage play “I’m so Depressed” for Miami light projects Here and Now artists group show. McCoy is entering her 6th year as a teaching artist with the O, Miami Sunroom program. She resides in Carol City, with her daughter, by way of Richmond Heights, FL.