Please join us for a poetry reading with Rita Mookerjee + Madison Whatley!
Visiting writer: Rita Mookerjee is an Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Worcester State University. She holds a PhD in Literature from Florida State University. Her research has been funded by the Fulbright Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. She is the winner of the 2023 Steel Toe Books Poetry Award and the author of False Offering (JackLeg Press). A co-founder of Honey Literary, she serves as the Poetry Editor of Split Lip Magazine and the Vice President of the Board of Directors at Sundress Publications. Her poems can be found in CALYX, Copper Nickel, Passages North, Poet Lore, and The Offing.
Local writer: Madison Miller is a South Florida poet and 2023 graduate of Florida International University's MFA program, where she was the Managing Editor at Gulf Stream Magazine. Her poetry has appeared in Saw Palm, SWWIM Every Day, and Variant Lit. Her poetry manuscript Hotline Bimbo was selected as a Semifinalist for the 2023 Berkshire Prize by Tupelo Press. Find her work on madisonmiller.org.