Altadena Poets Laureate - What We Carry Forward Reading/Workshop

Enjoy poetry from: Dr. Alene Terzian-Zeitounian is a Lebanese-Armenian poet who serves as Humanities Department Chair at College of the Canyons, where she teaches creative writing and is the faculty advisor of the college’s Literary and Arts Magazine. Her works have appeared in the Bellevue Literary Review, Colorado Review, Mizna, and Wasafiri among others. Her book, Until One of Us Is Dead was a finalist for the Cardinal Poetry Prize, the May Sarton Prize, the Akron Poetry Prize, Black Lawrence Press’s Immigrant Writing Series Prize, and the Tammis Day Prize. Juliana Scott is a wife, mother, master chef, and lifelong poet. She has been a restaurateur and entrepreneur for over 30 years, yet poetry is her first gift. As someone who has overcome deep trauma, she brings her unique perspective, difficult experiences, and spiritual struggles into her poems. Juliana shares her story with vulnerability, truth, and forgiveness. Follow her new journey as she finally shares her voice and her story on IG @julianaispoetry.