Women's History Month: When the World Breaks Open
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- Date/Time
- 03/23/2017 12:30 PM EST - 2:00 PM EST
- Location
- Lecture Hall 244, ODU Virginia Beach
- Fee
- Free
- Description
- This Women’s History Month celebration features Seema Reza, a poet, essayist and the author of “When the World Breaks Open” (Red Hen Press, 2016). Based outside Washington, D.C., she coordinates and facilitates a unique hospital arts program that encourages arts as a tool for narration, self-care and socialization among a military population struggling with emotional and physical injuries. An alumnus of Goddard College and Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation (VONA), her work has appeared online and in print in Bellevue Literary Review, The Beltway Quarterly, HerKind, Duende, The Offing and Entropy, among others. In 2015 she was awarded the Col. John Gioia Patriot Award by USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore for her work with service members. Event video streamed live to the ODU Peninsula and ODU Tri-Cities Centers. Also available online at Web Conference and Special Online Events. Book sales are provided by the University Village Bookstore. Author signing during light reception following a question- and-answer session. RECEPTION: MARCH 23, 2 P.M.
