https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1 daily 0.75 2026-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/1662162829535-SS1EQPCEZK82BCBJHDMV/public.jpeg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/25ebnhu0xjejxkiy4n3vdsn8o2gjgf monthly 0.5 2026-08-24 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/lamplightavl-zine-workshopmaking-an-illustrated-poem monthly 0.5 2026-06-18 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/5s8g431dhv4wdfgxqsk9jnx3s3sm39 monthly 0.5 2026-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/1378f42e-51ee-48cb-843c-9f6393504eee/Split+this+Rock.png Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - Split This Rock’s Resist & Revel: An Asian & Pacific Islander Poetry Celebration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/reel-poetry-international-film-festival monthly 0.5 2026-09-23 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/k3aw4ws8n32fidn3tcnod5nwlgw9b4 monthly 0.5 2026-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/c5578ffb-e89e-48f4-9b8b-90247328df06/C6B10141-534B-446B-8E38-CB44A1EA4265.jpeg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - Texas Review Mega-Reading & Dance Party at New Orleans Poetry Festival!!!! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/nola-poetry-fest-where-we-come-together-a-generative-ekphrastic-writing-workshop-that-welcomes-both-your-joys-and-your-sorrows monthly 0.5 2026-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/e7ddd46d-a3a8-4009-ae82-c2c422101760/Where+We+Come+Together+Where+We+Come+Together+A+Generative+Ekphrastic+Writing+Workshop+that+Welcomes+Both+Your+Joys+and+Your+Sorrows+%283%29.jpg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - NOLA POETRY Fest: Where We Come Together: A Generative Ekphrastic Writing Workshop that Welcomes Both Your Joys and Your Sorrows - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/the-new-orleans-poetry-festival monthly 0.5 2025-12-07 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/hyphenated-identities-multi-ethnic-writers-reading-and-in-conversation monthly 0.5 2025-07-31 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/queer-texas-poets-reading-new-orleans-poetry-festival monthly 0.5 2025-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/3728a78e-5dd1-4dc9-aac2-6544719a85a0/Queer+Texas+Poets+NOPF+Reading_20250209_150901_0000.png Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - Queer Texas Poets Reading, New Orleans Poetry Festival - Join us Saturday, 4pm, for a New Orleans Poetry Festival reading with Keagan Wheat, Stalina Villarreal, Anthony Sutton, and Aliah Lavonne Tigh. WHERE: Room 204, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St Claude Ave https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/new-orleans-poetry-festival monthly 0.5 2025-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/594f3e98-1884-42d7-9dea-f4687df833c4/Wall+projection+and+artwork+from+Liz+williams+and+Shani+Kashani+and+Aliah+Lavonne+Tigh%2C+artist%2C+from+June+2024+Event+.jpg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - New Orleans Poetry Festival - Make it stand out Projection of digital installation by Liz Williams, Shani Kashani, and Mik Mitchell while poets read their work. Residency at Lamplight AVL. Asheville, June 2024. https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/association-of-writers-and-programs-conference-2025 monthly 0.5 2024-09-20 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/houstons-public-poetry-series monthly 0.5 2024-08-02 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/asheville-community-reading-and-immersive-digital-art monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/asheville-community-art-event-at-821-residency monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/guest-of-asheville-radios-word-play monthly 0.5 2024-06-05 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/artist-in-residency-at-ashevilles-residency-at-821-sponsored-by-lamplight-avl monthly 0.5 2024-05-10 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/houston-bipoc-book-festival monthly 0.5 2024-05-10 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/djg89u0mp50n7k9r0kh5gjgh4q6ilk monthly 0.5 2024-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/c4cb57cb-c0d3-4314-b040-a969dff1bfd4/FC3DC76A-85A0-4DCD-94AB-3EC17455A952.jpeg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - The Juniper Bends Reading Series at Asheville’s Story Parlor - Juniper Bends: A Reading Series On May 31st, Aliah Lavonne Tigh joins the The Juniper Bends Reading Series as part of their featured readers for May. The series features three writers and a musician. The theme of this reading is our connection to nature, growth, and renewal, and the authors will present work that speaks to these themes. Arrive early to mingle and connect to other artists and artistic enthusiasts! Books and other merchandise will be available to purchase and have signed. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show is at 7-8:30 p.m. Asheville’s Juniper Bends Reading Series is now in its 15th year, and The Story Parlor hosts this event. Story Parlor is a multi-disciplinary arts space dedicated to storytelling and the exploration of the human condition, for the community and by the community. Committed to impacting positive change through the transformative power of storytelling through all art mediums, Story Parlor champions the artists of Western North Carolina through events, classes, community building, and advocacy. https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/poetry-workshop-with-the-campaign-for-southern-equality-artist-studios monthly 0.5 2024-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/aedbd095-deae-4191-9167-019dc66504ff/19522F7B-8021-46F2-A961-34B7AA3215A0.jpeg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - Poetry Workshop with The Campaign for Southern Equality Artist Studios - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/book-signing-at-awp-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-02-08 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/new-orleans-poetry-festival-margins-that-matter-a-celebration-of-tram-editions-poets monthly 0.5 2024-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/8a901132-af6d-47c4-aa99-8433ad63e87b/IMG_0234.jpg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - New Orleans Poetry Festival, "Margins That Matter: A Celebration of TRAM Editions Poets" - Make it stand out Left to Right: Tram Editions’ Cofounding Poet and Editor Elizabyth Hiscox, Poet Priscilla Wathington, Poet Aliah Lavonne Tigh, Poet Lauren Brazeal Garza, and Tram Editions Cofounding Editor and Poet Glenn Shaheen. New Orleans Poetry Festival, April 2024 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/146lvk6ehco4t2chb80ddvfy661tk8 monthly 0.5 2023-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/5bef920e-23a4-4cb1-a500-d7248d1ea15d/AWP+header+2024.png Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - “Building Collectives that Empower and Support,” AWP 2024 Conference Panel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/kpxrlhzfgw5omha6r95zyfaq7vvbf9 monthly 0.5 2023-10-04 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/association-of-writers-and-writing-programs-2024-conference monthly 0.5 2023-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/706c9a8e-ab53-45ba-8344-c8dacaf95745/F358C2B1-C085-4F60-9245-B2C221C6DC72.jpeg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - Association of Writers and Writing Programs 2024 Conference The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. It includes thousands of attendees, hundreds of events and bookfair exhibitors, and four days of essential literary conversation and celebration. Events and signing details to come. https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/lydh0epvgu8zqv375nxnphroe50c3a monthly 0.5 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/d29b0dc1-f468-4f87-a7ae-c203912f92e7/image_6483441.JPG Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - SWANA Reading at Basket Books - Maha Ahmed has curated an evening of poetry & prose by SWANA readers in the Houston community. This gathering is sponsored by RAWI. Readers: Glenn Shaheen, Raneem Bakir Ali, Shiyam Galyon, Zarlasht Niaz, Aliah Lavonne Tigh, and Maha Ahmed. There will be sparkling drinks and wine provided by our lovely host, Laura with Basket Books and Art. Basket Books is selling books by the readers as well. https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/apuieddd52uc8ap4h5pjln9zi0wps9 monthly 0.5 2023-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/fe833a1b-5df1-49eb-8f16-0591581200c4/8E2E416C-13BB-46C8-A7ED-4BA69D9499CD.jpeg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - bar//DRINK Reading Series :: Spring 2023—A Super Reading Event Benefitting Three HTX Care Orgs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/j5481qiqskobdo9hcy10xs46atmspr monthly 0.5 2023-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/c62cfa6a-bc1e-4171-bdfc-baf07391a6b1/325420988_1203514543916316_6866568305112721770_n.jpg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - Launch reading for Anthony Sutton’s new poetry collection, PARTICLES OF A STRANGER LIGHT Join Veliz Books, Wednesday, in celebration of Anthony Sutton’s new poetry collection, PARTICLES OF A STRANGER LIGHT, February 15th at Basket Books. Anthony Sutton will read from his debut, and guests Aliah Lavonne Tigh and JD Pluecker will read too. This is a wonderful opportunity to explore Houston’s newest independent bookstore, Basket Books! https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/bqkq4rmtfpullgp729da366izeovz5 monthly 0.5 2022-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/edb4c822-2445-471a-97d1-2a418857c175/313298553_10159558723853439_1866699368836900982_n.jpg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - Breathing in a Time of Disaster - Make it stand out Artwork for Breathing in the Time of Disaster created by Artist Cassie Mira https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/35581e77-89df-440c-ab91-9c32f23ff0c5/313345154_10159559154938439_2838591590488451398_n.jpg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - Breathing in a Time of Disaster - Make it stand out Photograph taken from Artist Ching-In Chen. Photo of projected video that’s part of show. https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/awp-23-panel monthly 0.5 2022-12-21 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/awp-23-panel-more-than-a-stepping-stone-the-unique-freedom-risk-and-beauty-of-chapbooks monthly 0.5 2023-01-26 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/7lmd92njuqg6vkkobz9lfforpf3pim monthly 0.5 2022-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/80ff2cc2-8a23-4b5d-a71f-b2bee4698c5c/virtual+LAUNCH+AUGUST+27TH+4PM+CST+%283%29.png Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - Tram Editions’ Launch of Cynthia Hogue’s CONTAIN - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/brooklyn-rail-radical-poetry-reading-with-maryam-ivette-parhizkar-friends monthly 0.5 2022-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/a9d1ed39-43ba-4325-ae5d-3bbce88a1b27/Brooklyn+Rail+Org+logo.jpeg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - Brooklyn Rail Radical Poetry Reading with Maryam Ivette Parhizkar & Friends - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/2a88448c-5401-49f9-aff5-786caf3e2a62/The+Brooklyn+Rail+Radical+Poetry+Reading+%2388+with+Maryam+Ivette+Parhizkar.jpg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - Brooklyn Rail Radical Poetry Reading with Maryam Ivette Parhizkar & Friends - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/poison-pen-reading-series monthly 0.5 2022-05-22 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/book-launch-for-werent-we-natural-swimmers monthly 0.5 2022-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/90d97406-d139-4d10-9b31-741ac39d96ec/AL+Tigh+Bio+pic%2C+Oct+2021+SQ.jpeg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - Book Launch For Weren't We Natural Swimmers! - Aliah Lavonne Tigh is the author of Weren’t We Natural Swimmers, a 2022 chapbook with Tram Editions out now, and her poems have appeared in Guernica, The Texas Review, Matter Monthly, The Rupture, and others. Tigh has joined other writers for the Tin House Summer Workshop, read for Houston’s Poison Pen Reading Series and Hess Reading Series, contributed work for a Gulf Coast Journal and Texas Contemporary ekphrastic collaboration and was a grateful Recipient of Idyllwild Arts’ 2017 Bentley-Buckman Writing Fellowship. She holds poetry and philosophy degrees from the University of Houston and an MFA from Antioch Los Angeles. Tigh lives in Houston, Texas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/da344839-9f12-4e3e-9752-1ca80fc476e3/Chen_Ching-In_Headshot_photobyCassieMiraNicholson.jpg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - Book Launch For Weren't We Natural Swimmers! - Ching-In Chen is the author of The Heart's Traffic: a novel in poems and recombinant (2018 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Poetry winner) as well as chapbooks to make black paper sing and Kundiman for Kin :: Information Retrieval for Monsters (Leslie Scalapino Finalist). Chen is co-editor of The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities and currently a core member of the Massage Parlor Outreach Project. They have received fellowships from Kundiman, Lambda, Can Serrat, Imagining America and Jack Straw Cultural Center. They currently teach at University of Washington Bothell in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences and the MFA program in Creative Writing and Poetics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/b0ec6441-91eb-4c27-8d28-2a00797d51a9/Priscilla+Wathington+Author+bio+pic+2022.jpg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - Book Launch For Weren't We Natural Swimmers! - Priscilla Wathington is a Palestinian American writer and editor. Her debut poetry chapbook, PAPER AND STICK (Tram Editions / 2021), scrutinizes Israel’s militarized attempts to constrict Palestinian bodies and breath. Her poems have appeared in Gulf Coast, Michigan Quarterly Review, Salamander, and The Normal School, among others. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and sits on the board of the Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/524d3a11-73a1-4975-8257-1e13647731a3/Cynthia+Hogue+photo+by+Maya+Ciarrocchi+%281%29.jpg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - Book Launch For Weren't We Natural Swimmers! - Cynthia Hogue’s most recent collections are Revenance, listed as one of the 2014 “Standout” books by the Academy of American Poets, and In June the Labyrinth (2017). Her tenth collection, instead, it is dark, will be out from Red Hen Press in 2023. Her third book-length translation (with Sylvain Gallais) is Nicole Brossard’s Distantly (Omnidawn 2022). Hogue’s forthcoming chapbook is entitled Contain (Tram Editions 2022). Among her honors are a Fulbright Fellowship to Iceland, two NEA Fellowships, and the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award from the Academy of American Poets (2013). She lives in Tucson. https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/mutable-hour monthly 0.5 2022-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/168be350-9a87-46b9-8b08-25af839d7d94/IMG_9312.jpg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - Mutabilis Press Mutable Hour - Make it stand out Event Flyer for the The Mutable Hour, April 14th! https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/event-four-a5g5f monthly 0.5 2022-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/4c14d40b-40f2-4839-9643-28107ba13a2b/05FC680A-978E-431A-8790-A7E85AB3A2E3.jpeg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - Off Script: Stories from the Heart of Medicine - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/event-three-dclme monthly 0.5 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/54ed847d-5816-4875-b667-4989e3e2cd4c/7909A7F8-6FC9-4E01-998D-E1E68BF2303A.jpeg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Events - Jeni McFarland Author Event - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/awp monthly 0.5 2022-03-09 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/events-2-1/event-five-ac646 monthly 0.5 2022-05-19 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/blog-1-copy daily 0.75 2026-10-10 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/blog-1-copy/Blog Post Title One-3zaa9-bz3p6 monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/blog-1-copy/blog-post-title-two-t5my5-8kpeh monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/blog-1-copy/blog-post-title-three-y3peb-happ8 monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/blog-1-copy/blog-post-title-four-lr658-tnnn7 monthly 0.5 2025-09-09 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/blog-1-copy-1 daily 0.75 2026-10-10 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/blog-1-copy-1/Blog Post Title One-3zaa9-ksmyt monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/blog-1-copy-1/blog-post-title-two-t5my5-3a6xn monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/blog-1-copy-1/blog-post-title-three-y3peb-x7pbz monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/blog-1-copy-1/blog-post-title-four-lr658-3y5x8 monthly 0.5 2025-09-09 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/blog-1-copy-2 daily 0.75 2026-10-10 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/blog-1-copy-2/Blog Post Title One-3zaa9-k8bc8 monthly 0.5 2026-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/776962f9-3cca-4a4c-93f4-4e71de63cca6/Wall+projection+and+artwork+from+Liz+williams+and+Shani+Kashani+and+Aliah+Lavonne+Tigh%2C+artist%2C+from+June+2024+Event+.jpg “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” Lamplight AVL Residency June 2024 - “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” - Make it stand out While the water-filled projection filled the space with hues of blue, everyone gathered to enjoy readings by poets Lockie Hunter, Jeff Davis, NitaJade, Keagan Wheat, and Aliah Lavonne Jahan-Tigh, and other community readers alongside an immersive digital installation by Shani Kashani, Mik Mitchell and Liz Williams. Pictured in the white shirt, Aliah Lavonne Jahan-Tigh enjoys the other poets as they read. New and old friends from Asheville gathered with the two visiting artists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/37a18873-bed2-420d-bf0b-1937496de999/Reading+2.jpg “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” Lamplight AVL Residency June 2024 - “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” - Make it stand out Multi-talented performer and artist Prince reads a poem they wrote during the conservationist film ekphrastic workshop Jahan-Tigh and Wheat hosted. Photo credit: Peter Speer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/b9af127b-a2d8-46ef-92e6-83c7b1b38d31/Liz+Williams%2C+multimedia+artist+working+with+Campaign+for+Southern+Equality%2C+June+2024+event+.jpg “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” Lamplight AVL Residency June 2024 - “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” - Make it stand out Liz Williams-Trader, multimedia artist reading their work against the backdrop of the immersive installation they helped create with Shani Kashani and Mik Mitchell. Photo credit: Peter Speer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/a2c9bf21-b33d-4633-825e-efb7103e97a0/Reading+5.jpg “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” Lamplight AVL Residency June 2024 - “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” - Make it stand out The artists were lucky to have the incredible author, Lockie Hunter, join them for this reading. Hunter is also the host for Ashville FM’s literary radioshow,Wordplay. Photo credit: Peter Speer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/6e1e40f4-95bd-4b41-a756-8162afa232f2/Reading+3.jpg “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” Lamplight AVL Residency June 2024 - “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” - Make it stand out The exceptional poetry continued with poet Jeff Davis. Davis cohosts WordPlay on Ashville FM alongside Lockie Hunter. ‍ ‍Photo credit: Peter Speer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/cb1c913d-052f-48e1-8592-b737262bb439/Reading+8+K+wheat+reading+edt.jpg “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” Lamplight AVL Residency June 2024 - “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” - Make it stand out Keagan Wheat reads from his chapbook, Viaticum. Photo credit: Peter Speer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/7d6f3271-802b-44d9-89d6-76b0615ea98c/Reading+9.jpg “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” Lamplight AVL Residency June 2024 - “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” - Make it stand out Behind Wheat, one can see Jahan-Tigh’s poem lines and Liz Williams-Trader’s corresponding images inspired by them. Photo credit: Peter Speer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/1791622179182-DEYWMSYKN0TLSPT52WVJ/love+is+a+wet+risk%2C+liz+art+edit.jpg “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” Lamplight AVL Residency June 2024 - “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/1791620980723-TXWTAVO45H444ZF82HGP/Art+6.jpg “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” Lamplight AVL Residency June 2024 - “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/1791621707937-DBISMULOCSIPQSBDAC5L/Liz+art%2C+edit+.jpg “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” Lamplight AVL Residency June 2024 - “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/1791620992179-B4YJ76VP7WT90HF0SEME/Art+5.jpg “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” Lamplight AVL Residency June 2024 - “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/1791622190528-2BL3U9YY45DFHB22ZHF3/Liz+art+all+bodies+mediate+.jpg “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” Lamplight AVL Residency June 2024 - “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/1791620991267-I9H1J0OA4ORQPANC21JL/Art+4.jpg “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” Lamplight AVL Residency June 2024 - “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/de9665fd-a1ed-4bb0-9d83-02b674c051d2/End+of+night.jpg “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” Lamplight AVL Residency June 2024 - “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” - Make it stand out Group picture at the end of the night! Left to right: Aliah Lavonne Jahan-Tigh, Liz Williams-Trader, Lockie Hunter, and Keagan Wheat Photo credit: Peter Speer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/97f5fdb3-b570-46ed-8034-a3a410da08cc/Digitial+Installation+Against+Visual+Poetic+Installation+of+Our+Lives+Spent+Studying+Other++Human+Medicine.jpeg “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” Lamplight AVL Residency June 2024 - “Reflections on Water: An Evening of Storytelling and Art ” - Make it stand out An excerpt from Jahan-Tigh’s poem “Even if Our Life was Spent Studying Other Human Medicine” became one of the weekly Public Poetry Installations. The words floated against the video installation installed and cocreated by Liz Williams-Trader, along with artists Shani Kashani and Mik Mitchell. https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/blog-1-copy-4 daily 0.75 2026-10-10 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/blog-1-copy-4/Blog Post Title One-3zaa9-mrk2n monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/blog-1-copy-4/blog-post-title-two-t5my5-j3t2e monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/blog-1-copy-4/blog-post-title-three-y3peb-akz5f monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/blog-1-copy-4/blog-post-title-four-lr658-5pna7 monthly 0.5 2025-09-09 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/bending-your-neck-to-the-frentic-a-public-poetry-art-installation-at-lamplight-avl-june-2026 daily 0.75 2026-10-10 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/bending-your-neck-to-the-frentic-a-public-poetry-art-installation-at-lamplight-avl-june-2026/Blog Post Title One-3zaa9-d26m5 monthly 0.5 2026-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/50b5db4e-338c-4a88-bfdc-852356ad51e6/K+on+ladder+for+bats.jpg "Bending Your Neck to the Frentic: A Public Poetry Art Installation at Lamplight AVL," June 2026 - “Bending Our Necks to the Frenetic: A Public Poetry Art Installation” - Make it stand out Keagan Wheat installing the resting bats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/f4b88869-4ae4-4b27-8884-f47eb60c4a88/Al+installing+bats.jpg "Bending Your Neck to the Frentic: A Public Poetry Art Installation at Lamplight AVL," June 2026 - “Bending Our Necks to the Frenetic: A Public Poetry Art Installation” - Make it stand out Aliah Lavonne Jahan-Tigh painting eyes on some of the sleepers and trying to decide if some of the bats will be awake. (This choice was vetoed by the other artist. They must all rest, he said.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/2ea14c44-6613-4585-8765-fae71b207455/poetry+on+window+%2C+K+wheat.jpg "Bending Your Neck to the Frentic: A Public Poetry Art Installation at Lamplight AVL," June 2026 - “Bending Our Necks to the Frenetic: A Public Poetry Art Installation” - Make it stand out An excerpt of Keagan Wheat’s poetry is added to the public poetry art installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/7c972ce3-5728-4382-8c99-43b4e23a0d7d/k+working+on+bats.jpg "Bending Your Neck to the Frentic: A Public Poetry Art Installation at Lamplight AVL," June 2026 - “Bending Our Necks to the Frenetic: A Public Poetry Art Installation” - Make it stand out Wheat and Jahan-Tigh continue to add bats—this time, a rainbow wave of them expanding across the window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/367f2b70-0095-48a4-8785-575780611cdd/bat+night+res+window+.jpg "Bending Your Neck to the Frentic: A Public Poetry Art Installation at Lamplight AVL," June 2026 - “Bending Our Necks to the Frenetic: A Public Poetry Art Installation” - Make it stand out The installation by night. June 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/1f964ec7-230e-4d21-85eb-e0541bd2828d/IMG_0805.jpg "Bending Your Neck to the Frentic: A Public Poetry Art Installation at Lamplight AVL," June 2026 - “Bending Our Necks to the Frenetic: A Public Poetry Art Installation” - Make it stand out This area is heavily traveled by pedestrians in the Asheville Community, and the artists enjoyed watching them stop to read the words or marvel at the joyful waves of color. 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Because of this, and the accessible structure of the prompt, this workshop had very strong participation. Almost all attendees write something they wanted to share These poems were a really lovely gift to Aliah Lavonne Jahan-Tigh and Keagan Wheat and to the filmmaker, Tiffany Westry. https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/fire-ritual-for-a-new-future-digital-installation-as-part-of-chingin-chens-series daily 0.75 2026-10-10 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/fire-ritual-for-a-new-future-digital-installation-as-part-of-chingin-chens-series/Blog Post Title One-3zaa9-e95gh monthly 0.5 2026-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/bae506af-ba1e-430d-afca-9eba698df8c6/as+we+help+bring+in+this+new+future.png "Fire Ritual for a New Future." Digital Installation as Part of Ching-In Chen's Series - "Fire Ritual for a New Future" - Make it stand out A video still from, "Fire Ritual for a New Future," the ritual created by Aliah Lavonne Jahan-Tigh for Breathing in the Time of Disaster, a collection of digital installations that came together to create Cassie Mira and Ching-In Chen’s larger work. https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/published-work daily 0.75 2025-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/0d4d1a6c-2de5-4ea7-8a41-c037a444fd48/0B914F02-CD05-4ED6-A5BC-1C050E070B60.jpeg Aliah Lavonne Tigh's Published Poems and Titles - Make it stand out Live Oaks at High Island, Texas, October 2018 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/contact daily 0.75 2023-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/c4f96b44-6e22-4117-8f93-bb85e72bda8d/Houston+Bayou+City%2C+August+26th+2017+before+the+rest+of+the+storm.jpeg Contact - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/about-artist-bio-for-aliah-lavonne-tigh daily 0.75 2026-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/aebe44f0-f0f7-4aea-b655-2758c9a8a912/8F993239-D9D6-48A4-9443-E7E8925769EC.jpeg Artist Bio for Aliah Lavonne Tigh - About the Artist: Aliah Lavonne Jahan-Tigh is an Iranian American author, teacher, artist, and their work studies both infrastructures of power and ecological connection. The author of Weren’t We Natural Swimmers, out with Tram Editions, their poems have appeared in the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-A-Day, Mizna, Split This Rock’s Poem of the Week, Guernica, Gulf Coast Journal, Matter Monthly, The Rupture, and others. Jahan-Tigh was a finalist for the 2025 Wisconsin Institute of Creative Writing Fellowship, and they have writing forthcoming in The Texas Observer. Their work has also been supported by the New Orleans Poetry Festival, Tin House Summer Workshop, The Brooklyn Rail, and others. Jahan-Tigh finds great joy in frequently collaborating with other visual artists on various projects, workshops, screenings, and installations, and they have also contributed work for a Gulf Coast Journal and Texas Contemporary ekphrastic collaboration. They hold poetry and philosophy degrees from the University of Houston and an MFA from Antioch Los Angeles. Jahan-Tigh lives in Houston, Texas, and teaches at Prairie View University. https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/general-1 daily 1.0 2026-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/07604252-905c-44d5-bd1a-4fc623b15304/Weren%27t+We+Natural+Swimmers%2C+Crop.jpg Home - Praise for the Chapbook: “Confronting entangled climate catastrophe (‘Maybe we plant them… ladder a child climbs to escape the sea’) & US imperialism (‘the God of War is sitting in the desk behind me’), Jahan-Tigh’s Queer Iranian ecopoems insist on finding love despite impossible times: ‘tell me you want to love me / in the round darkness / of midnight.’ Among my favorite 2022 releases!” —George Abraham, author of Birthright “Weren’t We Natural Swimmers is an invitation to look deeply at disasters made intimate and personal — dead and dying fathers and uncles in a landscape of burning refineries, flooded rooms and a looming never-ending war. Despite this terrifying world, despite heartbreak, Aliah Lavonne Jahan-Tigh celebrates ‘the beauty our eyes can unhide,’ the luminous natural world still present and wondrous.” —Ching-In Chen, author of recombinant and The Heart’s Traffic https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/reviews daily 0.75 2023-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/43dc9ca0-6b1d-426d-b2bb-f0437627b0d9/IMG_4821.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/02dd0a2e-a32e-4d00-ab61-b9dd20ce6b0a/IMG_4823.jpg https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/shop daily 0.75 2024-05-07 https://aliahlavonnetigh.com/shop/p/werent-we-natural-swimmers-chapbook-with-tram-editions monthly 0.5 2026-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621c24294b78600b689efba2/1661991002263-FXUKEUM9CDU6LBB81UGG/bOOK+WITH+Bk+box.jpg Shop - Weren't We Natural Swimmers, Chapbook with Tram Editions