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Commemorating the USA’s 250th anniversary and our state’s literary tradition, Poet in Residence, David P. Kozinski and his guest, Delaware Poets Almanac creator Torrey Francis Malek, will read and discuss great American poems, along with some of their own. Student guest poet, Nora Xu, will read from her work.
Kozinski will read and discuss poems by Anne Bradstreet, Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, and Walt Whitman, along with a couple of his own.
Torrey Francis Malek is a poet from Greenville, Delaware. He serves as Director of Delaware Poets, Inc. and coordinator of The Delaware Poets Almanac. A former Poet Laureate of Valley Forge Military Academy, he was shortlisted for the 2023 Letter Review Prize for Poetry. His work has appeared in The Broadkill Review, Dreamstreets Literary Magazine, and Plants & Poetry Journal.
Nora Xu is a rising 10th grader at Sanford School, where her love of poetry has earned her a Gold Key in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and recognition as a Poetry Out Loud finalist. She is also an editor for LitMag, Sanford’s literary magazine. Outside of writing, Nora enjoys performing in musical theater productions and traveling, two passions that continue to shape her love of storytelling. A devoted Harry Potter fan, she believes the best kind of magic is found in words.