Reflection Session #13: The 20th Anniversary

Reflection Session #13: The 20th Anniversary

Special Guest: Naomi Shihab Nye

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

6-7:30pm Central / 7-8:30pm Eastern

Our September episode features nationally acclaimed, award-winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye, in the wake of the 20th anniversary of the tragedy of 9/11. Join us as we reflect on the last two decades, through poetry and dialogue. This session will feature the "September Arabesque" from the digital film of Andrea Assaf's Eleven Reflections on September, and poetry readings by our esteemed guest. 

Naomi Shihab Nye is a poet, songwriter, and novelist. She was born to a Palestinian father and an American mother. She began composing her first poem at  the age of six and has published or contributed to over 30 volumes. Her  works include poetry, young-adult fiction, picture books, and novels. Although she calls herself a "wandering poet", she refers to San Antonio as her home. She says a visit to her grandmother in the West Bank village of Sinjil was a life-changing experience. Nye received the 2013 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in honor of her entire body of work as a writer, and in 2019 the Poetry Foundation designated her the Young People's Poet Laureate for the 2019–21 term.

This event is part of a year-long series of Reflection Sessions held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. Launched in September 2020 by Art2Action and the Carver Community Cultural Center,  this series continues through the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 this year, in conjunction with our 2021 community-engaged theatre project "Eleven Reflections: San Antonio." These online sessions are live, interactive, art-based, participatory events reflecting on our nation in the post-9/11 era. Each session is  grounded in a performance excerpt from Eleven Reflections on September, by Andrea Assaf, with guest artists, creative prompts, and facilitated dialogue.

Save the Dates for full "Reflection Sessions" series:

2nd Tuesday of each month, through November 2021

6-7:30pm Central / 7-8:30pm Eastern