Saturday, July 12, 2025
Nithy Kasa, Poet
Jake Skeets, poet
The Cottonwood Campus, 11:00 AM
Program
On Saturday, July 12, Poets Nithy Kasa and Jake Skeets will lead a poetry reading at Tippet Rise as part of their weeklong residency at the art center. The event will take place outdoors within the main Cottonwood Campus.
Nithy Kasa was born in Kimpese, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was raised in its capital, Kinshasa and in Galway, in the West of Ireland. Kasa’s debut collection, Palm Wine Tapper and the Boy at Jericho (Doire Press, 2022), was shortlisted for the 2023 Pigott Poetry Prize and was listed among the top poetry books of 2022 by The Irish Times. A member of the Dublin Writers’ Forum since 2014, Kasa has read for Poetry Ireland, RTÉ Radio’s Poetry Programme, Concern, Ranelagh Art Festival, Mother Tongues Festival, and other series and events. Kasa’s work can be found in the archives of University College Dublin and the University of Ireland Galway. Nithy divides her time between Ireland and The Congo.
Jake Skeets is the author of Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers, a National Poetry Series selection and winner of the American Book Award, Kate Tufts Discovery Award, and Whiting Award. His work has appeared in journals and magazines such as Poetry, The New York Times Magazine, and The Paris Review. Other honors include an NEA Grant for Arts Projects, a Mellon Projecting All Voices Fellowship, and the 2023-2024 Grisham Writer in Residence at the University of Mississippi. He is from the Navajo Nation and was appointed the 3rd Navajo Nation Poet Laureate. He is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Oklahoma.
Advance registration is required and tickets are free of charge.
Nithy Kasa was born in Kimpese, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was raised in its capital, Kinshasa and in Galway, in the West of Ireland. Kasa’s debut collection, Palm Wine Tapper and the Boy at Jericho (Doire Press, 2022), was shortlisted for the 2023 Pigott Poetry Prize and was listed among the top poetry books of 2022 by The Irish Times. A member of the Dublin Writers’ Forum since 2014, Kasa has read for Poetry Ireland, RTÉ Radio’s Poetry Programme, Concern, Ranelagh Art Festival, Mother Tongues Festival, and other series and events. Kasa’s work can be found in the archives of University College Dublin and the University of Ireland Galway. Nithy divides her time between Ireland and The Congo.
Jake Skeets is the author of Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers, a National Poetry Series selection and winner of the American Book Award, Kate Tufts Discovery Award, and Whiting Award. His work has appeared in journals and magazines such as Poetry, The New York Times Magazine, and The Paris Review. Other honors include an NEA Grant for Arts Projects, a Mellon Projecting All Voices Fellowship, and the 2023-2024 Grisham Writer in Residence at the University of Mississippi. He is from the Navajo Nation and was appointed the 3rd Navajo Nation Poet Laureate. He is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Oklahoma.
Advance registration is required and tickets are free of charge.