By: Brittney Schering
Poet Khaled Mattawa will read from his latest work, Tocqueville, tonight at the Literary Life Bookstore in Grand Rapids from 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Mattawa is a renown poet and translator, as well as a University of Michigan professor. He previously taught at Indiana University and California State.
His work has been praised for the beauty of its structure and the intensity of the emotion expressed. Mattawa's poetry explores the intersection of culture, narrative, and memory.
Everyone is welcome to attend this free event. Free parking is also available in LitLife's large lot, located in the second driveway behind the bookstore on the SW corner of Wealthy at Eastern.
Literary Life Bookstore & More, Inc. provides the Wealthy Street neighborhood with a place to celebrate all aspects of the literary life, whether the focus is books, writing in all its forms, good movies (based on great books), or the promotion of literary endeavors.
Autographed copies of his work will be available for purchase at the event. For more information, please head over to www.literarylifebookstore.com.
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