The Writer’s Center welcomes poet Adam Tavel for a reading from his new collection, The Ghost-Star King. Adam is joined by Melissa Reddish for the reading and conversation.
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Adam Tavel is the author of seven books of poetry and the recipient of the Richard Wilbur Book Award, Permafrost Book Prize, and the Robert Frost Award, among other honors. His work can be found in more than 1,500 public libraries nationwide, and in recent issues of The North American Review, The Massachusetts Review, The Hopkins Review, AGNI, and Ploughshares, among others.
Melissa Reddish’s work has appeared in many literary journals, including Tampa Review, South Carolina Review, and Grist. She is the author of three full-length works, most recently The Lives We’ve Yet to Live (Tailwinds Press, 2022). She has received residencies at Soaring Gardens and the Rensing Center.
About The Ghost-Star King
A kaleidoscopic examination of post-pandemic America, The Ghost-Star King resurrects the tragic hero Oedipus, a figure from Greek antiquity, in a series of monologues that rage, plead, and pray for the empathy to confront power, alienation, and polarization in the digital age. Part poetry sequence, part stage drama, The Ghost-Star King rollicks through myth, politics, pop culture, neurodivergence, and the American Dream in its search for community and belonging.
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