Poetry Readings and Speaking Engagements

Surin is the author of four collections of poetry, including American Scapegoat (Black Lawrence Press, May 2023) and When My Body Was A Clinched Fist (2020), winner of the 21st Annual Massachusetts Book Awards for Poetry. He is co-editor of Where We Stand: Poems of Black Resilience (Cherry Castle Publishing, 2022) and their work has been featured in numerous publications including the anthologies Black Immigrants in the United States: Essays on the Politics of Race, Language and Voice (Peter Lang Publishing), and The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop (Haymarket Books). Their work has also been published in Bear Review, sx salon, Spoon River Poetry Review, The Caribbean Writer, Transition, and by the Poetry Foundation and in Poem-a-Day by the Academy of American Poets. Surin’s librettos have been commissioned by the Boston Opera Collaborative and were adapted as part of a musical reimagining of Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe song cycle, featuring new works by 21st-century composers and poets. Their short opera, “Last Train," based on their 10-minute play by the same title, premiered in January 2023 as part of a series of Opera Bites, eight 10-minute operas written by contemporary composers and librettists.

Poetry Readings and Speaking Engagements
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