QUEENSBOUND 2024
QUEENSBOUND
QUEENSBOUND is a poetry project by, for, and about Queens. QUEENSBOUND 2024 is our fourth edition. 2024 contributors include: allia abdullah-matta, Jared Beloff, Joe Gross, Nathalie Handal, Emily Hockaday, Dena Igusti, Olena Jennings, Catherine Kapphahn, Hiromi Kiba, Amy Lemmon, Rajan Maharjan, José Alfredo Menjivar, Enzo Silon Surin, Bruce Whitacre, and Micah Zevin. QUEENSBOUND 2021 selections were made by editorial board members Sherese Francis, Jared Harel, Abeer Hoque, Meera Nair, and founder KC Trommer. This edition brings in more voices of Queens writers to the project and includes...
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QUEENSBOUND 2021
QUEENSBOUND
QUEENSBOUND is a poetry project by, for, and about Queens. QUEENSBOUND 2021 is our third edition and it celebrates and reflects on Queens during the pandemic. 2021 contributors include: Philip F. Clark, Noelle de la Paz, Matthew Hittinger, Marcia B. Loughran, Jimena Lucero, Yasmin Adele Majeed, Nadia Misir, Shams A. Momin, Richard Jeffrey Newman, Nikay C. Paredes, Bino A. Realuyo, and Spencer Reece. This year’s edition includes our first poem in a language other than English, Shams A. Momin’s “Queens,” recorded in both Bengali and English. QUEENSBOUND 2021 selections were made by...
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QUEENSBOUND 2020
QUEENSBOUND
QUEENSBOUND is a poetry project by, for, and about Queens. QUEENSBOUND 2020 is our second edition. Around half of the poems in our 2020 edition were recorded before COVID touched down in Queens in March 2020. This edition of the project reflects Queens before and during the early days of the pandemic, allowing our audience to hear the city and travel around Queens by listening to these poems. 2020 contributors include: Nadia Q. Ahmad, Amy M. Alvarez, Pichchenda Bao, Ryan Black, Nana Brew-Hammond, Francisco Delgado, Ariel Francisco, Ellen Hagan, Kimiko Hahn, Robert Ostrom, Bushra Rehman, Sahar...
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QUEENSBOUND 2018
QUEENSBOUND
QUEENSBOUND is a poetry project by, for, and about Queens. QUEENSBOUND 2018 is our first edition includes 16 emerging and esteemed poets from across the borough who share poems about their Queens neighborhoods. 2018 contributors include: Rosebud Ben-Oni, Malcolm Chang, Catherine Fletcher, Sherese Francis, Jared Harél, Nicole Haroutunian, Abeer Hoque, Safia Jama, Paolo Javier, Joseph O. Legaspi, Ananda Lima, Maria Lisella, Vikas K. Menon, Belal Mobarak, Meera Nair, Maria Terrone, and curator and host KC Trommer. In 2018, poets shared their original work on the 7 train, beginning at Vernon Blvd...
info_outlineQUEENSBOUND is a poetry project by, for, and about Queens. QUEENSBOUND 2018 is our first edition includes 16 emerging and esteemed poets from across the borough who share poems about their Queens neighborhoods. 2018 contributors include: Rosebud Ben-Oni, Malcolm Chang, Catherine Fletcher, Sherese Francis, Jared Harél, Nicole Haroutunian, Abeer Hoque, Safia Jama, Paolo Javier, Joseph O. Legaspi, Ananda Lima, Maria Lisella, Vikas K. Menon, Belal Mobarak, Meera Nair, Maria Terrone, and curator and host KC Trommer. In 2018, poets shared their original work on the 7 train, beginning at Vernon Blvd Jackson Av stop, before stepping off at Mets-Willets Point and heading over to The Queens Museum for a reception. The event concluded with a song which included lines from every poem in the launch from Adam DeGraff and Tyler Burba. To see the map, hear the poems, and learn more about our contributors and about future train readings, go to queensbound.com.