Sunday, April 21, 2024 Mandible Wishbone Solvent by Asiya Wadud

About the Poet

Asiya Wadud is the author of five poetry collections, most recently No Knowledge Is Complete Until It Passes Through My Body (Nightboat Books, 2021) and Mandible Wishbone Solvent (University of Chicago Press, 2024). Her recent work appears in e-flux journal, BOMB Magazine, Triple Canopy, POETRY, Yale Review and elsewhere. Asiya’s work has been supported by the Foundation Jan Michalski, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Danspace Project, Finnish Cultural Institute of New York, Rosendal Theater Norway, and Kunstenfestivaldesarts among others. She lives in New York City, where she teaches poetry at Saint Ann’s School, Columbia University, and Pacific Northwest College of Art.

note: This poem was originally commissioned by the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York for the Exercises in Togetherness event at PUBLICS.

Related Event

• Just Buffalo Literary Center and the UB Poetics Program will present an evening of readings from poets Asiya Wadud and Travis Sharp, with a musical performance from Katie Weismann at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 2nd at Just Buffalo Literary Center, 468 Washington Street, 2nd floor, Buffalo, NY. Doors open at 7 p.m. Books from the poets will be available for purchase from Fitz Books.

The Poem of the Week feature is curated by literary legacy awardee R.D. Pohl.