Read Around Series Featuring Evelyn Berry

Several poems in Evelyn Berry’s latest book of poetry, Grief Slut (Sundress Publications, 2024), were inspired by art at the CMA. Join Berry for a guided tour through the galleries interspersed with readings of work that was inspired there. 

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Exploring the symbiosis of visual and literary arts, the Read Around Series features poets and writers who have composed work that responds to or is inspired by artwork in the CMA Collection. The audience takes a guided tour based on the compositions during which they can experience the artwork through poetry or short fiction.

Evelyn Berry is a trans, Southern writer, editor, and educator. In addition to Grief Slut, she has published Buggery (Bateau Press, 2020), winner of the BOOM Chapbook Prize. Berry is a recipient of a 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship, 2022 Dr. Linda Veldheer Memorial Prize, 2019 Broad River Prize for Prose, and 2018 Emrys Poetry Prize, among other honors. Her work has appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal, South Carolina Review, Gigantic Sequins, Raleigh Review, Taco Bell Quarterly, and elsewhere. Berry lives in Columbia, South Carolina, with her partner and their pets, working as a library communications strategist.