For this special Feeding Texas fundraising event, Laurence Musgrove, editor of Texas Poetry Assignment, will read poems he composed during his June 2023 Fulbright-Hays Seminar Abroad in Taiwan and more recently collected in a chapbook manuscript titled The Dogs of Alishan and Other Poems from Taiwan.

During this Fulbright-Hays Seminar with 15 other U.S. college faculty and staff, Laurence visited Taipei and other majors cities, their museums, universities, parks, and temples, as well as indigenous sites throughout the island while also attending seminars and lectures on Taiwanese history, politics, identity, and economics delivered by Taiwanese faculty, government officials, and journalists.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, the Fulbright-Hays Seminar Abroad program is designed to inspire international cultural exchange and new curriculum projects that include material from and on the host country.

At this event, Laurence will present some of these chapbook poems and share highlights of his experience abroad.

Attendees will be encouraged to donate to Feeding Texas. The Feeding Texas network is the largest hunger-relief organization in Texas. Together with 21 member food banks, it reaches over 5 million Texans annually with food and resources.

Everyone is welcome to attend. Please invite others.

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