Pictured left to right: Muhlenberg College 2025 Living Writer Series authors Lorrie Moore, Safiya Sinclair, Safia Elhillo, Roger Reeves, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.

The Muhlenberg College 2025 Living Writers Series continues Oct. 23 with a free public reading, discussion, and book signing with author Safia Elhillo, featuring her book “Girls That Never Die.”

Sudanese by way of Washington, D.C., Safia Elhillo is a prize-winning poet and author of ”The January Children,” ”Girls That Never Die,” ”Home Is Not A Country,” and ”Bright Red Fruit.” Elhillo’s work appears in Poetry Magazine, Callaloo, and The Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-day series, among others, and in anthologies including ”The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop” and ”The Penguin Book of Migration Literature.” Her work has been translated into several languages, and commissioned by Under Armour, Cuyana, and the Bavarian State Ballet.

Other Authors and Dates:

Nov. 6: Roger Reeves (“Best Barbarian”)
Nov. 20: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (“Everybody”)

All Living Writers Series events are free and open to the public and will be held at 7 p.m. in Moyer Hall, Miller Forum. Books will be available for purchase and signing after each reading. Learn more about the authors on our website.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Muhlenberg College campus!

Sincerely,

The Muhlenberg College Creative Writing Program