P. Scott Cunningham, Founder of O, Miami Poetry Bienneal to Read at USpeak
Thursday, November 1, 8pm
Oasis Deli in the Whitten University Center
1306 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, FL
USpeak events are free and open to the public, and are sponsored in part by the University of Miami’s Creative Writing Program, Multicultural Student Affairs and the American Studies Program.
Scott Cunningham is the co-founder and director of the O, Miami Poetry Biennial and the author of Chapbook of Poems for Morton Feldman (Floating Wolf Quarterly, 2011). A graduate of Wesleyan University, he is also the founder and director of the University of Wynwood, a faux-institution dedicated to advancing contemporary literature in Miami, FL. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Harvard Review, Court Green, Sou’wester, Pool, PANK, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Abe’s Penny, and elsewhere.
A special reading by distinguished author P. Scott Cunningham at the University of Miami’s USpeak Open Verse and Short Story Performance Series. In addition to our featured guest, USpeak spotlights audience members who share a page of their writing during USpeak’s Open Mic segments. Sign up begins at 7:30 when doors open.
Contact M. Evelina Galang, University of Miami Creative Writing Director (mgalang@miami.edu) or Patrick Sung, Graduate Assistant (patrick.k.sung@gmail.com). Visit http://www.miami.edu/uspeak for podcasts of previous USpeak performances, prepared by sound engineer, author, musician and talk show host Matt Gajewski.
