The gallery hosts an intimate afternoon with Forrest Gander on the occasion of Soumya Netrabile’s exhibition Open Your Mouth and Taste the Spores. He will be signing books following the reading.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Forrest Gander is a poet, writer, translator, and editor of several anthologies of writing from Spain and Mexico. He is celebrated for the richness of his language and his undaunted lyric passion. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including collaborations with notable artists and photographers. Gander's 2018 collection Be With won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. His most recent title, Twice Alive (2021), longlisted for this year's National Book Award, addresses the exigencies of our historical moment and the intimacies, personal and environmental, that bind us to others and to the world.

You must be fully vaccinated on or before September 18, 2021 to attend this event. A ticket and proof of vaccination will be required for entry. Masks must be worn at all times.

Andrew Rafacz Gallery is ADA accessible.