Brookline Books in Massachussetts will be hosting a free virtual reading this Saturday, January 6 at 12 PM EST. Writers, including Kaveh Akbar (CRF 2021), Carolyn Forché (CRF 2012), Fanny Howe (CRF 2009), Canisia Lubrin (CRF 2022), and Ilya Kaminsky (Incoming Fellow 2025), will read in a show of solidarity with the literary communities of Palestine, and as confirmation of the vital nature of literature.