Join us on Friday, April 18, 4:30-6pm at Gillespie Gallery in the Art and Design Building for two poetry readings followed by a Q&A led by Katey Funderburgh. Books will also be for sale!

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Taylor Franson-Thiel and Martheaus Perkins, two Poetry MFA students at George Mason University both have debut poetry collections releasing in 2025. Perkins’s The Grace of Black Mothers and Franson-Thiel’s Bone Valley Hymnal both centralize on the impact of maternal lineage. What burdens do we lift from our mothers’ shoulders? How does poetry help us explore our inherited traumas? This event will showcase both debut collections and curate a conversation about publishing as a student.