Join us for an evening of poetry and art!

In conjunction with the exhibition Cities and Memory, Fenwick Gallery and Mason Exhibitions will host a poetry reading and discussion of ekphrasis, considering the relationships between the verbal and visual arts. Cities and Memory, currently on view at Fenwick Gallery, features the visionary architectural drawings of James Rossant, paired with poetry from his daughter, Juliette Rossant.  

For this event, Juliette will be joined by Mason faculty members Sally Keith, Leeya Mehta, and Peter Streckfus, and Mason student Serena Grant, for readings and a conversation moderated by Heather Green. 

This event will be held in person at Fenwick Library. Join us at 7PM in Fenwick Gallery to view the exhibition. The poetry reading and reception will follow at 7:30PM in the Fenwick Main Reading Room (2001). 

Registration is encouraged. We hope to see you there!

About the Readers

Juliette Rossant is an author, journalist, and poet, and holds a master’s in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University. As an undergraduate, she co-founded The Stonefence Review at Dartmouth, and her career as a journalist spanned years in Istanbul, Paris, Moscow, and Jeddah. Her first poetry collection, Planet of the Blue Flowers, is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. 

Serena Grant is an English student completing her second year at George Mason. Her poem, “King of the Ring” is in response to Bennie Herron’s piece, Bennie Senior. 

Sally Keith is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently River House.  She lives in Fairfax, VA, teaches poetry at George Mason University and is co-editorial director of Poetry Daily. 

Leeya Mehta, a prize-winning poet, fiction writer and essayist, is the interim Director of the Alan Cheuse International Writers Center and the author of two poetry collections, most recently A Story of the World Before the Fence.  

Peter Streckfus is the author of two poetry collections: The Cuckoo and Errings. He teaches in the MFA in creative writing at George Mason and serves as the co-editorial director of Poetry Daily. 

Heather Green is the author of the poetry collection No Other Rome and the translator of Tristan Tzara’s Noontimes Won. She teaches in GMU’s School of Art and serves as the Visual Editor for Asymptote.