Enzo Silon Surin's guest appearances

Enzo Silon Surin

Why We Write

Poem-a-Day

InterSpace w/ Angelina Avedano

Richard Blanco

Jason Reynolds

Erin Belieu

Tracy K. Smith

David Sedaris

Jericho Brown

Jake Skeets

Jacqueline Woodson

Gregory Pardlo

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Jenny Johnson

Naomi Shihab Nye

Dorothy Parker

Jamila Woods

OwlTail

Angelina interviews the award-winning author of When My Body was a Clinched Fist, Enzo Silon Surin.

Angelina interviews the award-winning author of When My Body was a Clinched Fist, Enzo Silon Surin.

Enzo Silon Surin: From Broken Spaces to Lightbearer

Recorded by Enzo Silon Surin for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 10, 2020. www.poets.org

Recorded by Enzo Silon Surin for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 10, 2020. <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.poets.org&amp;token=9d5a84-1-1583345147049" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.poets.org</a>

Enzo Silon Surin: "When Night Fills with Premature Exits" 

Enzo Silon Surin, Haitian-born poet, educator, publisher, and social advocate, is the author of two chapbooks, A Letter of Resignation: An American Libretto and Higher Ground. He is recipient of a Brother Thomas Fellowship from The Boston Foundation and is a PEN New England Celebrated New Voice in Poetry. Enzo’s work gives voice to experiences that take place in what he calls “broken spaces” and has appeared in numerous publications. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University and is an associate professor of English at Bunker Hill Community College and founding editor and publisher at Central Square Press. Today, he speaks with former Boston Poet Laureate Danielle Legros Georges. She is the author of two books of poems, The Dear Remote Nearness of You and Maroon; the chapbook Letters from Congo; and the editor of City of Notions: An Anthology of Contemporary Boston Poems. She is a professor of creative writing and interim director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Lesley University. She is also a faculty member of the William Joiner Institute Summer Writer’s Workshop, University of Massachusetts, Boston. Her work includes poetry translations, collaborations, and curation. Her honors include fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Boston Foundation, the Black Metropolis Research Consortium, and commissions from the Trustees of Reservations. She is the City of Boston’s former poet laureate. Read more about Enzo and see a video profile of Danielle on our podcast page.

Enzo Silon Surin, Haitian-born poet, educator, publisher, and social advocate, is the author of two chapbooks, A Letter of Resignation: An American Libretto and Higher Ground. He is recipient of a Brother Thomas Fellowship from The Boston Foundation and is a PEN New England Celebrated New Voice in Poetry. Enzo’s work gives voice to experiences that take place in what he calls “broken spaces” and has appeared in numerous publications. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University and is an associate professor of English at Bunker Hill Community College and founding editor and publisher at Central Square Press. Today, he speaks with former Boston Poet Laureate Danielle Legros Georges. She is the author of two books of poems, The Dear Remote Nearness of You and Maroon; the chapbook Letters from Congo; and the editor of City of Notions: An Anthology of Contemporary Boston Poems. She is a professor of creative writing and interim director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Lesley University. She is also a faculty member of the William Joiner Institute Summer Writer’s Workshop, University of Massachusetts, Boston. Her work includes poetry translations, collaborations, and curation. Her honors include fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Boston Foundation, the Black Metropolis Research Consortium, and commissions from the Trustees of Reservations. She is the City of Boston’s former poet laureate. Read more about Enzo and see a video profile of Danielle on <a href="http://lesley.edu/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our podcast page</a>.

Enzo Silon Surin's poetry for the broken spaces