Thursdays in April are for National Poetry Month! Join us on our YouTube page, April 22 at 4pm for live readings from Ann Keniston, Kate Fennimore, and Courtney Cliften; hosted by Shaun Griffin.

Ann Keniston is the author of several poetry collections, including Somatic (Terrapin, 2020), and coeditor of The New American Poetry of Engagement: A 21st Century Anthology (McFarland 2012). Her poems have appeared in Yale Review, Gettysburg Review, Literary Imagination, and elsewhere. She teaches at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Kate Fennimore is currently in the MFA program at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her poems have appeared in Eunoia Review, Beyond Words Literary Magazine, and elsewhere. She grew up in Oregon and often writes about that natural landscape.

Courtney Cliften was raised in the Nevada desert. She writes poetry as an MFA candidate at UNR. Previous publications include work in The Meadow, Helen Literary Magazine, Brushfire, and An Anthology of Emerging Poets.

Read more about National Poetry Month on the Academy of American Poets website.