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LGBTQ Poet Returns To South Orange-Maplewood For Reading
A Columbia High School alum and LGBTQ poet who recently won a prestigious Iowa Poetry Prize returns to her hometown on June 15.
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — A Columbia High School alum and LGBTQ poet who recently won a prestigious Iowa Poetry Prize will be returning to her hometown for a reading at Words Bookstore in Maplewood at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, June 15.
Learn more about the event here.
Alicia Mountain graduated from Columbia High School in Maplewood in 2006. She’s since published a feature-length book of poetry, “High Ground Coward,” and is currently part of the PhD program at the University of Denver.
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Read two of her poems about growing up in South Orange ("Inescapable Luck" and "Little Rectangular Earths").
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