Please join us to celebrate the Berlin launch of Tracy Fuad’s PORTAL (University of Chicago Press, 2024) with readings from Patty Nash, Lotta Thießen, and Zoe Darsee.

Praise for PORTAL:

From a dazzling array of poetic techniques, Fuad's use of repetition to fashion pitch-perfect lyrics stands out, from tiny syllabic songs—'the inking of a ginkgo leaf'—to complex, emotionally freighted refrains, 'my mother’s mother’s remains remain at the morgue.' . . . For Fuad, language is a stubborn, tangible thing that bruises the body and, as the speaker says, created a 'swollen spot on the roof of my mouth where it met my teeth.' . . . Fuad's captivating poetry is totally her own." ― Booklist starred review