Join us on Thursday, June 19th at the Civitella Castle for Raymond Antrobus and Caroline Davis Presentations. We will welcome you with light refreshments at 6:00 PM.
Raymond Antrobus
Writing, UK
Raymond Antrobus is the author of four poetry titles: To Sweeten Bitter, The Perseverance, All The Names Given,and Signs, Music, and two picture books: Can Bears Ski? and Terrible Horses. His work has won the Ted Hughes Award, the Somerset Maugham Award, and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, and his poems have been added to standard school syllabi. In 2019, Antrobus became the first poet ever to be awarded the Rathbone Folio Prize for best work of literature in any genre. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2020 and appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2021.
Caroline Davis
Music, USA/Sweden
Caroline Davis’ expression covers a wide range of styles. As a saxophonist and composer, she has released eight albums and has worked with Lee Konitz, Billy Kaye, John Zorn, Wendy Eisenberg, Angelica Sanchez, Nicole Mitchell, The Femme Jam, Rajna Swaminathan, Miles Okazaki, and Terry Riley. Caroline has been a resident fellow at MacDowell, The Jazz Gallery, and UCross; and is a recipient of Guggenheim Foundation, Jerome Hill, CMA, and NYFA fellowships. She is an advocate for gender equity (This Is A Movement, The New School) and justice for incarcerated people.
Thursday, June 19th 2025
6:00Â PMÂ Welcome cocktailÂ
6:15 PMÂ Presentations
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