WordHouse Reading Series
Wednesday June 17, 6PM
Karen Warinsky and Shou Jie Eng
Reading starts with an Open Mike
Shou Jie Eng is a poet and architectural designer. Originally from Singapore, he runs Left Field Projects, a multi-disciplinary design practice located in Hartford, Connecticut. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Bennington Review, Harvard Review, The Los Angeles Review, Meridian, Passages North, and elsewhere. His chapbook of poems, line weights (Sixth Finch), is forthcoming in June 2026, and he teaches architectural drawing at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Karen Warinsky is the author of four collections including Dining with War (2023 Alien Buddha Press), and her new release Beauty & Ashes (Kelsay Books 2025). Her poem “Mirage” won first place in the 2024 Ekphrastic Poetry Trust, she is a Best of the Net nominee and a former finalist of the Montreal International Poetry Contest. Her work appears in numerous anthologies including Nuclear Impact: Broken Atoms in Our Hands, journals including The Naugatuck River Revie and Silkworm, and Worcester Magazine as well as online sites. Coordinator of Poets at Large she creates readings and open mics in CT and MA. Find her at karenwarinskypoetry.wordpress.com.
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Karen Warinsky and Shou Jie Eng
Reading starts with an Open Mike
