Mia Leonin is the author of three poetry collections, most recently, Chance Born (Anhinga Press) and a memoir, Havana and Other Missing Fathers (University of Arizona Press). A book-length poem, Fable of the Paddle Sack Child will be published by BkMk Press this fall. Leonin has been awarded fellowships from the State of Florida Department of Cultural Affairs, two Money for Women grants by the Barbara Deming Fund, and she has been a fellow at the National Endowment for the Arts/Annenberg Institute on Theater and Musical Theater. Leonin has written extensively about theater and culture for the Miami Herald, New Times, and other publications. She teaches creative writing at the University of Miami. Leonin will be reading excerpts from essays and poems she has written in response to Madera’s curatorial projects, the Havana Habibi film, and her work with women in Miami and Cuba.