Sustaining Community
"You say you love the world, so love the world." ~Ada Limón, 24th Poet Laureate of the United States
In times of difficulty— of suffering and trauma, violence and grief— our connections to one another become an engine of survival, and the work of cultivating and sustaining those bonds becomes both vital and deeply complex. In times of comfort, peace, and celebration, our communities extend and magnify our joy. No matter the state of the world, we are responsible to one another: interconnected and interdependent. Join us for the 45th Annual ODU Literary Festival, as we celebrate literature's capacity to forge and preserve community, work that examines the ways we live in relationship to one another, and remarkable writers who sustain—and are sustained by—the communities in which they live, work, and make.
~ Kent Wascom & Molly McCully Brown, 2022 ODU Literary Festival Co-directors
Brochures
Brochure: 45th Annual Literary Festival, 2022: Sustaining Community, Shara Weber
Featured Participants
Remica Bingham-Risher,45th Annual ODU Literary Festival, Remica Bingham-Risher
MFA Showcase, 45th Annual ODU Literary Festival, Emma Coomey, Tope A. Larayetan, Kate Lewis, and Serenity Marshall
S. A. Cosby, 45th Annual ODU Literary Festival, S. A. Cosby
Alicia DeFonzo, 45th Annual ODU Literary Festival, Alicia DeFonzo
David Wright Faladé, 45th Annual ODU Literary Festival, David Wright Faladé
J.R. Léveillé, 45th Annual ODU Literary Festival, J.R. Léveillé
Sarah Matthes, 45th Annual ODU Literary Festival, Sarah Matthes
Tim Seibles, 45th Annual ODU Literary Festival, Tim Seibles
E. M. Tran, 45th Annual ODU Literary Festival, E. M. Tran
Diane Zinna, 45th Annual ODU Literary Festival, Diane Zinna
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