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SUMMARY:10/28 On Language & Immigration Law: An Evening of Poetry\, Song\
 , and Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join local poet Michelle Phương Hồ and immigration lawyer-sin
 ger-songwriter Tina Colón Williams on National Immigrants Day to celebra
 te the power of poetry and song to dignify the lives of immigrants and r
 efugees and to create new ways for doing language in the face of empire.
  Michelle will read a selection from her debut collection\, Bone Symphon
 y\, accompanied by musical interludes by Tina. Michelle & Tina will disc
 uss the limits of language in the context of immigration law\; the polit
 ics and poetics of limbo for families separated by war\, detention\, and
  deportation\; and the importance of poetry and song in expressing the r
 ealities immigrants and refugees face and in resisting the empire’s cont
 rol over how they are seen and heard in the United States. More about Mi
 chelle: Michelle Phương Hồ is the author of Bone Symphony (Boa Editions\
 , 2026)\, chosen by Aracelis Girmay as a Blessing the Boats Selection. H
 er work appears in Nat Brut\, Ninth Letter\, The Offing\, Poetry\, and e
 lsewhere. Her honors include a Friends of Literature Award from Poetry m
 agazine\, a Connecticut Artistic Excellence Award\, and a BRINK Literary
  Journal Award for Hybrid Writing. She received her MFA in poetry from N
 YU. Born to Vietnamese refugees in San Jose\, CA\, she lives in New Have
 n\, CT\, where she teaches poetry in university classrooms\, community b
 ook spaces\, and living rooms. More about Tina: Tina Colón Williams is a
 n immigration attorney\, worship pastor and vocalist based in New Haven\
 , Connecticut. Born and raised in Jacksonville\, Florida\, Tina moved to
  New Haven in 2005 to attend Yale University. She graduated from the Uni
 versity of Connecticut school of law in 2014\, and she currently leads a
 n immigration litigation practice at Esperanza Attorneys at Law\, a smal
 l low-bono law firm based in New Haven that represents immigrants from c
 ountries around the world in humanitarian immigration applications\, rem
 oval proceedings and immigration appeals. She and her husband Josh lead 
 the Elm City Vineyard church in New Haven\, where Tina serves as the Wor
 ship Pastor.\n\nMore info: https://www.possiblefuturesbooks.com/events\n
 \nhttps://findlocal.community/event/0f987252-8a97-4e8f-8bb5-21e6383b7d0d
LOCATION:Possible Futures\, 318 Edgewood Ave\, New Haven\, CT 06511
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/0f987252-8a97-4e8f-8bb5-21e6383b7d0
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