A Swana & Friends Literary Series with Adam Ahmed, Layle Omeran, and sam sax

KSW is hosting the fifth iteration of the Samar Reading Series on Friday, December 5th at 7 PM (No cover) 

We are all in for an incredible night of poetry and music this time! Featured artists include Adam Ahmed, Layle Omeran, and sam sax.

Bios: 

Adam Ahmed is an Egyptian-American poet living on unceded Ramaytush Ohlone land. He is currently working on a collection of poems that dwell in the space between breakdown and breakthrough, between the colonial foreclosure of Arab rage and its insurgent outpouring in language. His work has appeared in ANMLY and MQR Mixtape.

Layle Omeran is a physical therapy student by day, and a music lover, learner, and teacher the rest of the time. She immigrated from Yemen, where her family is from, and she continues to cherish her heritage from there and from the Arab region. Her current music interests include Arabic muwashahat, classical North Indian music, and classical Turkish music. 

sam sax is the author of the novel Yr Dead (Longlisted for the National Book Award) and the poetry collections PIG (best book of 2023 Vulture & Electric Lit), Bury It (Winner of the James Laughlin Award), and Madness (Winner of the National Poetry Series). They're the two-time Bay Area Grand Slam Champion and teach in an interdisciplinary arts program at Stanford University.