Convergence in Verse: Da’, Laser, Rivera, Schlegel, and Tahat

Join us for a reading of five poets—Laura Da’, Jessica Laser, Rob Schlegel, Dujie Tahat, and Philadelphia poet laureate Raquel Salas Rivera—who are gathering at the crossroads of language, geography, community, and self.

 

Dujie Tahat is a Filipino-Jordanian immigrant living in Washington state. His poems have been published or are forthcoming in Sugar House Review, Nashville Review, The Southeast Review, Shenandoah, Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, The American Journal of Poetry, and elsewhere. Dujie has earned fellowships from the Richard Hugo House and Jack Straw Writing Program. He serves as a poetry editor for Moss and Homology Lit and cohosts The Poet Salon podcast. He got his start as a Seattle Poetry Slam Finalist, a collegiate grand slam champion, and Seattle Youth Speaks Grand Slam Champion, representing Seattle at HBO’s Brave New Voices.