OPA Conference 2022
Saturday, October 8th, 2022
OPA is bringing our annual conference to you through Zoom! Come celebrate poetry in our region by attending workshops, browsing through our virtual bookroom, and listening to our keynote speaker Jessica Mehta on our theme of Poetry in Troubled times.
About our keynote speaker: Dr. Mehta is an Aniyunwiya (citizen of the Cherokee Nation) poet, artist, and scholar. Currently, she is a Fulbright Senior Scholar based in Bengaluru, India where she is a Visiting Professor curating an anthology of contemporary Indian poetry written in the colonizer's tongue. Her doctoral work addressed the intersection of poetry and eating disorders while her recent Forecast Change Lab fellowship analyzed the language used in public art calls for Native American artists. She is looking forward to returning to Turtle Island in 2023 to undertake a residency at Kala Art Institute. Mehta is the author of 15 books. Her forthcoming collection from Red Planet Books, [sp]RED, de-colonizes and Indigenizes the tarot deck. Learn more at www.thischerokeerose.com.
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