Welcome to Poetry at the Lion! All poets and poetry fans are welcome!

Each month, a featured poet will read from their works and shape the evening’s experience. Poetry lovers can stop on their way to eat out or bring a brown bag meal and stay for the whole evening. Light refreshments will be provided.

The featured poet for September will be Alina Nguyễn

Alina was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. She earned her B.A. in English Literature and Asian American Studies from the California State University-Northridge and her M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Poetry) from the California State University-Long Beach, where she was awarded the Gerald Locklin Writing Prize.

She is the author of the risograph-printed chapbook, Before There Were More Ghosts, from Tomorrow Today. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Creative Writing (Poetry) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with interests in Poetics, Ethnic Literature, Queer Theory, and Printmaking.