Join us in welcoming the new Kenyon Review fellows Nicole Arocho Hernández and Hannah V Warren who will read excerpts from their work. A Q&A with the audience will follow.
Nicole Arocho Hernández is the author of the chapbook I Have No Ocean (Sundress Publications, 2021). Their writing can be found in Electric Literature, Honey Literary, Poetry Northwest, West Branch, Poets.org, The Slowdown, and elsewhere. Their work has been supported by the Hambidge Center, Tin House, Ragdale Foundation, and The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, among others. They were born and raised in Puerto Rico.
Originally from Mississippi, Hannah V Warren is a poet, translator, literary critic, and Fulbright Scholar. Along with authoring the poetry collection Slaughterhouse for Old Wives’ Tales (Sundress 2024) and two chapbooks, she was awarded a PEN/Heim Translation Grant for her work with German poetry. Warren has a PhD in literature from the University of Georgia and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Kansas. Her writing and research explore the intersections of gender, aesthetics, and perceived monstrosity.