A Reading with Ofstad Visiting Writer, Anand Prahlad

Ofstad Visiting Writer Dr. Anand Prahlad will be reading from his most recent collection of poems, Dreaming of Endangered Species, which explores intersectional identities of disability and illness, queerness, and blackness in an age of political collapse and environmental crises. This event will take place in the SUB, room 3000.

Prahlad is a Curators Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He is a scholar, poet, essayist, and musician. His critical books include Reggae Wisdom: Proverbs in Reggae Music, and the edited three-volume set, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore. His creative works include three collections of poems: Hear My Story, As Good As Mango, and Dreaming of Endangered Species; an award-winning memoir, The Secret Life of a Black Aspie; and a music CD, Hover Near. Prahlad is currently working on a second CD, a fourth collection of poems, a community memoir about the plantation where he grew up, and a scholarly book on disability and the imagination.