Maddie Norris - May 2, 2024

Date
Sponsors

UA Creative Writing Program, UA Poetry Center

Location
Poetry Center
University of Arizona Alumni Reading: Maddie Norris

Maddie Norris reads from The Wet Wound: An Elegy in Essays (2024), focused on grief and loss of her father. She reads an essay from the book written in the second person and addressed to her childhood. This reading was originally given alongside Gabriel Dozal, Gabriel Palacios, and Margo Steines, all fellow alumni of the University of Arizona creative writing MFA program.

Tracks
Track Title
Opening Remarks and Audience Participation Exercise
Description

The audience gets into pairs for a partner exercise around grief and remembrance.

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Track Title
"Childhood Eulogy"
Description

Differs slightly from published version. 

Citation

Norris, Maddie. The Wet Wound. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 2024, pp. 99-106.

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