An Evening with Natalie Diaz, hosted by Rishi Dastidar
Acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natalie Diaz comes to Foyles Charing Cross Road for an evening of readings and conversation.
Natalie Diaz was born and raised in the Fort Mojave Indian Village in Needles, California. She is Mojave and an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Tribe. Her first poetry collection, When My Brother Was an Aztec, won an American Book Award. Her second, Postcolonial Love Poem, won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, and was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection and the T. S. Eliot Prize.
In this exclusive London event, Natalie Diaz will be reading from her work and discussing the stories and resonances through her poems.
This event will be hosted by Rishi Dastidar. Rishi's poetry has been published by the Financial Times and BBC amongst many others. He is a fellow of The Complete Works, and a consulting editor at The Rialto magazine. A poem from his debut collection Ticker-tape was included in The Forward Book of Poetry 2018, and his second collection, Saffron Jack, was published in the UK by Nine Arches Press in 2020. His latest collection is Neptune's Projects.
The event will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing. Doors open from 6:45pm. Your ticket includes a complementary glass of wine.
Tickets: £8 General Admission Venue: The Auditorium (Level 6) at Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road Please note that the Auditorium at Foyles is fully accessible from the Ground floor lifts.
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