*Latitudes Poetry Night* *featuring Sony Ton-Aime!* Followed by open mic! *Wednesday, September 18 @7pm* *Compass Coffee, 647 E. Market St., Akron 44304* Sony Ton-Aime is a Haitian poet, essayist, and translator. He holds an MFA in poetry from the NEOMFA (Kent State University) program in Ohio. He is the author of one chapbook, LaWomann (Ironworks Press, 2019), and the upcoming translation of the book Olympic Hero: The Lennox Kilgour’s Story in Haitian Creole. He is the co-founding editor of ID13 -- a chapbook and online publication. He has been awarded fellowships from the Wick Poetry Center and the Chautauqua Literary Arts Center. His work (poems, essays, fiction) centers around his home country, and its place in the current postcolonial era. He is interested in troubling the idea of tradition -- experimenting with European poetic and literary forms thrust upon Haitians so that he may subvert them in favor of possible alternatives, better suited to rendering his experience through a decolonized lens. His works have appeared or are forthcoming in Brainchild, Luna Negra, La Revista PingPong, The Oakland Review, Dunes Review, Poets.org <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FPoets.org%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR098uz_fntfha5h6ooJEeeOEFIbkVI4IlpPsVlRNUdnu24ZbDk43NnFtno&h=AT0xeSn1C0Z0ZFJWeH5EV39nFO0hAhMOFo2KWDoDUj5nlSNbgm2B_AJKDps1_w0UoLdZgvBYdu2jvI3Q0FlmCn2dZe2UwzNRa6eY2WdtQbz6iC1iiXtG1J55jPi28kU5iQ>, and more. An open mic will follow our featured reader. Please limit your reading to 3 minutes to allow everyone the chance to share work. Thanks! <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>