Join Yellow Arrow Publishing for a reading from The most beautiful garden, a chapbook by Nikita Rimal Sharma. The reading will be held at Bird in Hand in Charles Village, and Nikita will be in conversation with Ann Quinn.
Date: Jan 28
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: Bird in Hand Bookstore and Café
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Nikita currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland with her husband and Pitbull Terrier, Stone, and works at B’More Clubhouse, a community-based mental health nonprofit. She is originally from Kathmandu, Nepal. Nikita is a typical homebody who gets a lot of joy from slow running, short hikes, reading, and deep thoughts. She has always loved writing and started writing at the age of seven when she wrote a fairy tale titled “Star Girls.” Nikita wishes she had saved a copy of it.
The most beautiful garden is an expression of Nikita. It is a collection of poems that includes themes such as mental health, South Asian culture, her mother, and family. It reflects on deep heartaches, dark moments and light moments, pride, joy, and love, with the hope that anyone who reads The most beautiful garden also gets a chance to reflect on the beautiful being they are in spite of the baggage and everything they hold.
You can find Nikita on Instagram @nikita.playwithwords.
Ann Quinn is the poetry editor for Yellow Arrow Journal and conducts writing workshops at The Writer’s Center, for Yellow Arrow, and at writer’s conferences throughout the country. Ann holds an MFA in poetry from Pacific Lutheran University and lives in Catonsville, Maryland with her family. Her award-winning work can be read in Poet Lore, Potomac Review, Little Patuxent Review, Vietnam War Poetry, Haibun Today, and other journals and is included in the anthology Red Sky: Poetry on the Global Epidemic of Violence Against Women. Her chapbook, Final Deployment, is published by Finishing Line Press. Her 2021 “Poetry is Life” course was just compiled into a publication, Poetry is Life: Writing with Yellow Arrow. Visit Ann at annquinn.net.