Join us for an Indelible poetry event with the celebrated poet, artist, and essayist Hedy Habra! With four captivating poetry collections to her name, including the recent “Or Did You Ever See The Other Side?” (Press 53, 2023), Hedy’s work has garnered prestigious awards and accolades, rendering her one of the most extraordinary contributors to the literary world today. Don’t miss this heartwarming poetry chat and the opportunity to experience the evocative beauty of Hedy’s elegant poems as we journey through the enchantment of language, imagery, and emotion.
Hedy Habra is a poet, artist and essayist. She has authored four poetry collections, most recently, Or Did You Ever See The Other Side? (Press 53 2023); The Taste of the Earth (Press 53 2019), Winner of the Silver Nautilus Book Award, Honorable Mention for the Eric Hoffer Book Award, and Finalist for the USA Best Book Award. Tea in Heliopolis won the USA Best Book Award and Under Brushstrokes was finalist for the USA Best Book Award and the International Book Award. Her story collection, Flying Carpets, won the Arab American Book Award’s Honorable Mention and was finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award. Her book of criticism, Mundos alternos y artísticos en Vargas Llosa, examines the visual aspects of the Peruvian Nobel Prize Winner narrative. Habra holds a B.S. in Pharmacy. She earned an M.A. and an M.F.A. in English and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Spanish literature, all from Western Michigan University where she has taught Spanish. A twenty-one-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the net, and recipient of the Nazim Hikmet Award, her multilingual work appears in numerous journals and anthologies. https://www.hedyhabra.com/
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