LitMore, Baltimore's new literary arts center, is pleased to present a Fall Poetry Party featuring Kim Jensen and Zein El-Amien. $5. Light refreshments provided.
Zein was born and raised in Lebanon. He has an MFA in Poetry from the University of Maryland where he teaches Global Literature and Social Change and Arabic. His poems have been published by Wild River Review, Folio, Foreign Policy in Focus, Beltway Quarterly, DC Poets Against the War Anthology, Penumbra, GYST and Joybringer. His Short stories have been published by Boundoff and Uno Mas magazines. Zein lives in Columbia Heights and is a member of the Ella Jo Baker Housing Cooperative.
Kim Jensen is a poet and author who has lived in France, California, and the Middle East. Her first novel about a turbulent affair between a Palestinian exile and an American student, The Woman I Left Behind, was published in 2006 by Curbstone Press, and was a finalist for Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year. Her two collections of poems, Bread Alone and The Only Thing that Matters were published by Syracuse University Press. In 2001, Kim won the Raymond Carver Prize for Short Fiction, and her writings have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. Active in the peace and justice movement for many years, Kim is associate professor of English at the Community College of Baltimore County and will complete her doctoral degree in Creative Writing in 2014.
Located in the former St. John's Rectory at 1702 South Road in Baltimore, MD, behind St. John's Church, LitMore is dedicated to energizing and sustaining the area's literary community. Free parking is available in the Arts and Ideas lot across South Road. For more information, visit http://litmore.org, call 443-595-7548, or email info@litmore.org.