Tasting the Poem: Notes on Writing about Literature and Food, and a Reading from Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet

Dickinson Poet-in-Residence and Professor of Creative Writing Adrienne Su reads excerpts from her new essay collection, Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet, which combines writing about poetry and writing about cooking and eating. Professor Su will also talk about the development of the collection and its links to her teaching, which has long included both genres. Join us in-person on campus (Stern Great Room), or virtually through a livestream of the conversation.

Adrienne Su teaches advanced poetry writing, introductory poetry and fiction, and a creative nonfiction course focused on food. She is the author of five books of poems, most recently Peach State (Pitt, 2021), which was named one of 2022's Books All Georgians Should Read and a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize. Her first prose book, Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet, a collection of essays on food and poetry, was published in 2024. Among her awards are fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Yaddo. Her poems appear in six volumes of The Best American Poetry.