Join us for a reading with two Rutgers Writers House lecturers, Daemond Arrindell and Leslieann Hobayan, hosted by Joanna Furhman.
Daemond Arrindell (he/him) work explores visual poetics, persona, and the meanings of Blackness and legacy. His writing has appeared in City Arts, Specter, Crosscut, Poetry Northwest, Seattle Review of Books, The Pitkin Review, and Arcana Poetry Press. In 2019, he performed his one-man show, Frozen Borders, an exploration in imagery, poetry, and emotion on the subject of the United States southern border.
Leslieann Hobayan is a Filipina-American poet, essayist, activist, and host of Spiritual Grit, a podcast on spirituality and activism. She is the author of Divorce Papers: A Slow Burn (Finishing Line Press, 2023). Nominated for a Pushcart Prize and a 2018 Best of the Net, her work has appeared in The Rumpus, Aster(ix) Journal, The Lantern Review, The Mom Egg Review, and elsewhere. She was also awarded the 2025 NJ Council for the Arts Poetry Fellowship.