"How to Get Home in the Dark" Poetry Anthology Reading and Generative Workshop

​Join Emilie Lygren in celebrating the release of her new anthology How to Get Home in the Dark: Poems on Mental Health and Healing. Emilie will read poems from the anthology along with Alegria Barclay, Zeina Hashem Beck, Melissa Fowlks, and Antwan Linton Penn. The event will include a brief panel discussion and time for the audience to write their own pieces in conversation with the anthology. We'll have paper and pens on hand; bring your favorite journal or writing apparatus if you'd like.

​Alegria Barclay is a multiracial queer woman, poet, and educator whose work is founded on the belief that creativity, compassion, and communication combined can bring about social change.

​Zeina Hashem Beck’s fourth collection, This Was Supposed to Be About Beauty, is forthcoming from Penguin Books in March 2027.

​Melissa Fowlks lives in Oakland and finds joy in time outside, meaningful connections, and creating a sense of belonging wherever she goes.

​Antwan Linton Penn is a poet whose work integrates mental health, spirituality, and social commentary through a lens of self-sovereignty.

​Emilie Lygren is a poet and educator whose work is grounded in curiosity and reverence.