Upcoming Talks and Readings:
Friday June 19, 6-8 pm, The Middle East Institute, 1761 N St,
Washington, DC; reading followed by wine and hors d'oeuvres
Wednesday, June 24, noon, Library of Congress, African and Middle
Eastern Division Reading Room, Washington, DC
Thursday, June 25, 7:45 pm, Ohr Kodesh, Chevy Chase, Maryland, 8300
Meadowbrook Lane, Chevy Chase, MD
Friday, December 11, Congregation Emanu-El, 2125 Westchester Ave, Rye, NY
Thursday, January 28, Sanborn, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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omi Stone's first book of poems, Stranger’s Notebook (TriQuarterly Books, Northwestern University Press, 2008) chronicles her time living in one of the last cohesive Jewish communities in North Africa. She has a Masters in Middle Eastern Studies from Oxford University, and was Fulbright Scholar in Creative Writing in Tunisia. Stone is currently a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at Columbia University. She has received poetry fellowships and grants from the Vermont Studio Center, and the DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities.