Reading
October 12, 2022, 7:30pm
11 Cortlandt Alley & Online
![Two black and white portraits appear in blue circles atop a salmon-colored background. A text panel near the left portrait says "MAKING WATER, LAURA JARAMILLO." A text panel near the right portrait says "Mirene Arsanios, The Autobiography of a Language: Essays and Stories."](https://artistsspace.org/media/pages/programs/futurepoem-mirene-arsanios-laura-jaramillo-double-book-launch/1524602217-1664765626/futurepoemevent-notext1-1280x.png)
A book launch in celebration of two Futurepoem Fall 2022 titles: The Autobiography of a Language: Essays and Stories by Mirene Arsanios and Making Water by Laura Jaramillo. The evening will feature readings by Arsanios and Jaramillo along with special guest readers Christopher Pérez, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, Paige Taggart, and Rami Karim.
Free RSVP here
Futurepoem Books is a New York City-based publishing collaborative dedicated to presenting innovative works of contemporary poetry and prose by both emerging and important underrepresented writers. Futurepoem's rotating editorial panel shares the responsibility for selecting, designing, and promoting its books. The Autobiography of a Language: Essays and Stories and Making Water were selected from the 2019 Open Reading Period by guest editors Anne Boyer, Alissa Quart, and Wendy S. Walters.