On Monday, September 11th, Left Bank Books & St. Louis Poetry Center present Brian Teare & Dana Levin for a Night of Poetry & Discussion! Critically acclaimed poets Teare and Levin will discuss themes from their newest books, focusing on transforming oppressions of body and family—chronic illness and abusive family environments. They will share poetry from their books, speaking to those themes. The evening will take twists and turns as the poets discuss connections between their works, creating a very unique event.

Teare & Levin will personalize and sign copies after the presentation!

About the Authors:
A 2020 Guggenheim Fellow, Brian Teare is the author of seven critically acclaimed books, including "Doomstead Days" winner of the "Four Quartets Prize" and a finalist for the "National Book Critics Circle Award." His most recent publications are a pair of book-length ekphrastic projects exploring queer abstraction, chronic illness, and collage: the 2022 "Nightboat" reissue of "The Empty Form Goes All the Way to Heaven" and the fall 2023 publication of "Poem Bitten by a Man." An Associate Professor of Poetry at the University of Virginia, Brian lives in Charlottesville, where he makes books by hand for his micropress, "Albion Books."

Dana Levin is the author of five books poetry. Her latest is "Now Do You Know Where You Are" (Copper Canyon Press), a 2022 "New York Times" Notable Book and NPR “Book We Love.” Other books include "Banana Palace (2016)" and "Sky Burial (2011)" which "The New Yorker" called “utterly her own and utterly riveting.” Recent poems and essays have appeared in "Poem-a-day," "Best American Poetry," "The American Poetry Review," and "Poetry," among other publications. She is a grateful recipient of many honors, including those from the "National Endowment for the Arts," "PEN," and the "Library of Congress" as well as from the "Rona Jaffe," "Whiting," and "Guggenheim Foundations." With Adele Elise Williams, she co-edited "Bert Meyers: On the Life and Work of an American Master (2023)" for the "Unsung Masters Series." Levin serves as Distinguished Writer in Residence at Maryville University in St. Louis.