Nassar Prize Poetry Reading: Summer Hart
Reading by Summer J. Hart, poet
Author of Boomhouse, winner of the Nassar Poetry Prize
Winner of the 2024 Eugene Paul Nassar Poetry Prize Summer J. Hart will give a reading on Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. in the Wilcox Center. The reading is open to the public.
Summer won the Nassar Prize for her poetry collection Boomhouse, published by The 3rd Thing press. She is a mixed-media artist and writer whose work has been supported by NYSCA/NYFA and MacDowell fellowships. Her creative work appears in Best Small Fictions 2023 and numerous journals, and her mixed-media installations have been featured in shows and galleries across the country. Summer is of Mi’gmaq and Anglo-Scottish descent. Summer is a member of the Listuguj Mi’gmaq First Nation.
About the Nassar Prize
Named in honor of one of Utica University's most distinguished faculty members, the Eugene Paul Nassar Poetry Prize is given annually for a poetry collection published in the previous year by a resident of upstate New York. For more information, please visit the Nassar Prize web site:
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