Poetry Circle/Book Club & Discussion with Ashley Mabbitt

Join Ashley's Poetry Circle/Book Club discussion of This Strange Garment by Nicole Callahan. We meet every quarter to discuss a volume of poetry.

In addition to our usual discussion, we are very fortunate this time to be joined by the author (on Zoom) for part of our conversation, giving us all a special opportunity to share insights and ask a few questions of our own.

POET BIO

Nicole Callihan writes poems, stories, and essays. Her work has appeared, or is forthcoming in, among others, American Poetry Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, Tin House, Copper Nickel, Kenyon Review, and as a Poem-a-Day feature from the Academy of American Poets. In September 2020, Nicole was diagnosed with Stage II bilateral breast cancer and subsequently underwent a double mastectomy, four follow-up surgeries, and radiation therapy. Her latest book, This Strange Garment (Terrapin 2023), navigates that diagnosis and treatment. 

Nicole taught in New York University’s Expository Writing for twenty years and now hosts both informal and formal online poetry gatherings. A frequent collaborator with artists and actors around the world, her work has been translated into Russian, Spanish, German, and Arabic.

MODERATOR BIO

Ashley Mabbitt is an American poet. Her work explores such topics as art, consciousness, family, silence, and the stillness of time. Her poems have appeared in The Ekphrastic Review, Emerge, Plume, Ravensperch, and the South Florida Poetry Journal. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she works for an academic publisher. Ashley’s first full-length book manuscript, titled An Echo—Stacked, Framed, Once-Familiar—Blooms, was completed in 2021. She is currently writing a new chapbook.