47th Annual Literary Festival at ODU: October 6-11, 2024
Luisa A. Igloria: 47th Annual ODU Literary Festival
Document Type
Presentation
Festival Date
10-7-2024
Location
University Theatre, Old Dominion University
Author/Artist Bio
Luisa A. Igloria is the author of Caulbearer (Immigrant Writing Series Prize, Black Lawrence Press, 2024), Maps for Migrants and Ghosts (Co-Winner, 2019 Crab Orchard Open Poetry Prize), The Buddha Wonders if She is Having a Mid-Life Crisis (2018), 12 other books, and 4 chapbooks. With Aileen Cassinetto and Jeremy S. Hoffman, she co-edited Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the U.S. (Paloma Press, 2023), offered as a companion to the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5). Originally from Baguio City, she makes her home in Norfolk VA where she is the Louis I. Jaffe and University Professor of English and Creative Writing at Old Dominion University’s MFA Creative Writing Program. She also leads workshops for and is a member of the board of The Muse Writers Center in Norfolk. Luisa is the 20th Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia (2020-22), Emerita. During her term, the Academy of American Poets awarded her a 2021 Poet Laureate Fellowship.
Description
The reading took place on Monday, October 7, 2024, at 2 p.m. in the University Theatre at Old Dominion University. Igloria read as part of the MFA Faculty Readings session which included Kent Wascom and Marianne Chan.
Recommended Citation
Igloria, Luisa A., "Luisa A. Igloria: 47th Annual ODU Literary Festival" (2024). 47th Annual Literary Festival at ODU: October 6-11, 2024. 21.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/litfest-2024/21
