Naomi Shihab Nye has served as the Young People’s Poet Laureate for the U.S. and as poetry editor for the New York Times Magazine and the Texas Observer. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Naomi Shihab Nye

Set for this Wednesday, the next round of locally curated conversation series Ed Talks, But Mostly Listens, will feature a sit down with preeminent Palestinian-American writer, editor and educator Naomi Shihab Nye.

Nye grew up in St. Louis, Jerusalem and San Antonio, the latter being her current residence. She has served as the Young People’s Poet Laureate for the U.S. and as poetry editor for the New York Times Magazine and the Texas Observer. She’s also served as a visiting writer in hundreds of schools and communities all over the world.

Her books include Everything Comes Next, The Tiny Journalist, Habibi and 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East, a finalist for the National Book Award. In addition, she’s received the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets, the Texas Writer Award 2024 and Lifetime Achievement Awards from The Texas Institute of Letters, the Arab American National Museum and the National Book Critics Circle.

All proceeds from Nye’s book sales for the evening and everything collected at the door will go to the Hanoon Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to serving Palestinian communities by providing comprehensive health care and essential humanitarian support.

$5 suggested donation, 6-9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, Brick at Blue Star Arts Complex, 108 Blue Star, (210) 265-6072, brickatbluestar.com.

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This article appears in Dec 26, 2024 – Jan 1, 2025.