QUEENSBOUND

QUEENSBOUND 2018


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QUEENSBOUND is a poetry project by, for, and about Queens. QUEENSBOUND 2018 is our first edition includes 16 emerging and esteemed poets from across the borough who share poems about their Queens neighborhoods. 2018 contributors include: Rosebud Ben-Oni, Malcolm Chang, Catherine Fletcher, Sherese Francis, Jared Harél, Nicole Haroutunian, Abeer Hoque, Safia Jama, Paolo Javier, Joseph O. Legaspi, Ananda Lima, Maria Lisella, Vikas K. Menon, Belal Mobarak, Meera Nair, Maria Terrone, and curator and host KC Trommer. In 2018, poets shared their original work on the 7 train, beginning at Vernon Blvd Jackson Av stop, before stepping off at Mets-Willets Point and heading over to The Queens Museum for a reception. The event concluded with a song which included lines from every poem in the launch from Adam DeGraff and Tyler Burba. To see the map, hear the poems, and learn more about our contributors and about future train readings, go to queensbound.com. 

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QUEENSBOUNDBy KC Trommer