Ms. Sasa Aakil's presentation @ Tenley

Join Esther Productions Inc., the Institute for African American Writing and The Black Student Fund in partnership with The Tenley-Friendship Library, this second program in the Series for an enriching afternoon of poetry with Ms. Sasa Aakil.

Nov 09, 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST

Washington, 4450 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016, USA

MIDNIGHTROSE: A Reading Series of Poetry and Prose continues featuring three exciting poets and short story writers whose words and presentations will inspire and regal. Presented by Esther Productions Inc., the Institute for African American Writing and The Black Student Fund in partnership with The Tenley-Friendship Library, this second program in the Series.

For those interested in learning more about this literary event, please feel free to reach out via email at midnightrosereadingseries@gmail.com.

https://www.estherproductionsinc.com/events-1/midnightrose-a-reading-series-of-poetry-prose-2-nov-9-2024

Ms. Sasa Aakil is a Multimedia Artist, Writer living and working in Rockville, Maryland. She is a potter, painter, poet, print maker, and bassist and served as the 2021 Montgomery County Youth Poet Laureate. Sasa has been featured in the Bethesda Magazine for her work as Youth Poet Laureate. She has also been featured in the Washington Post, as well as on WTOP for her work on the A Man Was Lynched Yesterday Project in 2020. She has shown sculptural and two-dimensional work at the American Poetry Museum and Black Rock Art Center. Sasa is the founder of If All the Trees Were Pens Open Mic and recently published her first chapbook, the culmination of all my despair and the music that saves me. She received a Bachelors of Fine Arts from Howard University in 2024.

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