{"id":22072,"date":"2026-08-04T12:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=22072"},"modified":"2026-08-04T12:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:00:22","slug":"lyrical-sanctuary-feat-steven-espada-dawson","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/event\/lyrical-sanctuary-feat-steven-espada-dawson\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyrical Sanctuary feat. 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Together, we will look at the concept of the volta, or \u201cturn,\u201d and consider how a poem might pivot suddenly or slowly: like a trapdoor opening beneath the speaker, a Trojan Horse revealing what it has been carrying all along, or quicksand quietly changing the ground beneath us.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">7:00 PM &#8211;\u00a09:00 PM Open Mic &amp; Feature Performance |\u00a0Union\u00a0Fireside\u00a0Lounge<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Steven Espada Dawson is the author of\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Late to the Search Party<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0(Scribner, 2025). From East Los Angeles and the son of a Mexican immigrant, he has received fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, the Poetry Foundation, and the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. His poems appear in many journals and have been anthologized in Sarabande\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Another Last Call<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Best New Poets<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Best of the Net<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">, and\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Pushcart Prize<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">. He has served as a poetry editor for\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Copper Nickel<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sycamore Review<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0and has taught creative writing at universities, libraries, and prisons across the country. 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