Please join us for the IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series with Yassin Adnan (Morocco) and Lisa Allen-Agostini (Trinidad and Tobago). 
Yassin Adnan is a poet, fiction writer, editor, and television presenter. He is the author of six poetry collections, three short story collections, one novel, and one book about travel. The novel, Hot Maroc, was published in English by Syracuse University Press in 2021. Adnan serves as president of the Marrakech English Book Festival and as a member of the board of trustees of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. The founder of two literary magazines, he has also hosted two cultural television programs, one radio show, and one podcast. He is the editor of various titles, including the anthology Marrakech Noir (2018). His residency was made possible by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.
Lisa Allen-Agostini is a fiction writer, poet, and editor. She is the author of the historical noir novella Death in the Dry River (2024), the young adult novel Home Home (2020), and the domestic noir novel The Bread the Devil Knead (2021), which was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2022. She is currently working on a memoir in poetry and a novel set in the world of steelpan, which is the national instrument of her homeland. Her residency was made possible by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.