Saida Agostini Discusses her New Collection with Paul T Corrigan
Poet, Saida Agostini, goes in-depth with Paul T Corrigan about her new collection Let the Dead in (ASP 2022)
Saida Agostini's new collection, let the dead in, will launch on March 26th, 2022. You can pre-order your copy here. Also, catch her and others at AWP (booth 762), and see her read from her work on March 25th at the Asian Art Initiative (a short walk from AWP). You can follow Saida on Twitter here.
Paul T. Corrigan is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English & Writing at the University of Tampa and the poetry editor for The Tampa Review. He shares his own and other’s work at Teaching & Learning in Higher Ed. and Corrigan Literary Review. You can find him on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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