Divya Victor, photo by Hannah Ensor.
Celebrate the final evening of the Deep Winter Writers Literary Cabaret series, part of the Deep Winter Writers Residency at Banff Centre. Chapter 3 features compelling original readings by writers-in-residence, marking the culmination of the residency.
The evening is hosted by faculty mentor Divya Victor, author of CURB, winner of the PEN America Open Book Award and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. Victor will also share a reading from their own work.
Grab a drink from the bar, browse a curated selection of books from Pages Books, and take in the lively, welcoming atmosphere of CLVB’33. Doors open at 6:15 p.m., with readings beginning at 7:00 p.m. Stay afterward to mingle with writers and faculty until 9:30 p.m.
About Divya Victor
Divya Victor
Divya Victor is a Tamil American poet, essayist, and educator. She is the author of CURB (Nightboat Books), which won the 2022 PEN America Open Book Award and the 2022 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. It was also a finalist for the 2022 CLMP Firecracker Award (Poetry). Divya is also the author of KITH (Fence Books/ Book*hug); Scheingleichheit: Drei Essays (Merve Verlag, trans. Lena Schmidt), NATURAL SUBJECTS (Trembling Pillow), UNSUB (Insert Blanc), and THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR MOUTH (Les Figues). She has been an editor at Jacket2 (United States) and for Ethos Books (Singapore), Invisible Publishing (Canada), and Book*hug Press (Canada). Her work has been translated into French, German, Spanish, Polish, and Czech. She is currently an Associate Professor of English and Writing at Michigan State University, where she is the Director of the Creative Writing Program.