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JAHLIT 2017: ERIKA MEITNER

By The Betsy-South Beach (other events)

Tuesday, November 14 2017 7:00 PM 8:30 PM EDT
 
ABOUT ABOUT

Erika Meitner, Poet, Director of the MFA Program; Virginia Tech
"(One of) Ten Young poets changing the face of poetry." (The Culture Trip)

Meitner is a first-generation American: her mother was born in Stuttgart, Germany, where her maternal grandparents settled after surviving Auschwitz, Ravensbruck and Mauthausen concentration camps. Books include: Inventory at the All-Night Drugstore (Anhinga Press); Ideal Cities (HarperCollins); Makeshift Instructions for Vigilant Girls (Anhinga Press), and Copia (BOA Editions).

Presented as part of the 23rd Annual Jewish American and Holocaust Literature Conference. Public programs are underwritten by The Betsy - South Beach, The Knight Foundation, and PG Family Foundation for 2017. Public programs are free, but you must register to attend. 

The community is also invited to purchase access to the entire conference for a fee of $50 per day. See jahlit.com for tickets and access for scholar-presenters. 

Mailing Address

1440 Ocean Dr Miami Beach, FL 33139