A Dream of A New Past

Acclaimed poet, Philip Metres, is a Guggenheim Fellow and professor of English and director of the Peace, Justice, and Human Rights program at John Carroll University.

The YMCA Downtown Writer’s Center hosts a virtual reading by Metres from his latest collection of poems, Shrapnel Maps, centered on the Israel/Palestine conflict, illustrating both the possibility and challenge of moving toward a peaceful future.

RSVP by Oct. 28 to receive event link.

This event is part of Syracuse Symposium’s year-long series on “Futures.” See the full season schedule at humcenter.syr.edu.

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