Carolina Ebeid and Joe Hall

Saturday, April 5, 7 pm
Free or suggested donation

Squeaky Wheel is proud to present a poetry reading by Carolina Ebeid and Joe Hall as part of the public programs accompanying our exhibition, The Image in its Absence which features an installation by Ebeid. Catering from Ali Baba Kebab, with vegetarian options, will be available to attendees. Special thank you to Judith Goldman and Laura Marris. This program is funded by Teiger Foundation, and co-sponsored by the Poetics Program at University at Buffalo.

Attendees: Squeaky Wheel is located in Suite 310 of Tri-Main Center. Take the elevator to the third floor, and head left. Please note that you cannot enter Tri-Main Center after 7:30 pm. Click here to see parking, transportation, and accessibility information.

Biographies of the artists

Carolina Ebeid is a multimedia poet. She is the author of You Ask Me to Talk About the Interior (Noemi Press, 2016) and the chapbook Dauerwunder: a brief record of facts (Albion Books, 2023). Her next book Hide is forthcoming from Graywolf Press in winter of 2026. Her work has been supported by the Stadler Center for Poetry at Bucknell University, CantoMundo, the NEA, and a residency fellowship from the Lannan Foundation. She is the current Bonderman Assistant Professor of poetry at Brown University. A longtime editor, she currently edits poetry at The Rumpus, as well as the multimedia zine Visible Binary. Carolina grew up in West New York, New Jersey in a Cuban and Palestinian family.

Joe Hall is a Buffalo-based writer and researcher. His six books of poetry include Fugue & Strike (Black Ocean 2023) and People Finder, Buffalo (Cloak 2024). Current Affairs on Fugue & Strike: “a remarkable poetic project, unlike anything else in literature today.” Hall has performed and delivered talks nationally at bars, squats, universities, and rivers. Protean, The Cleveland Review of Books, Eighteen-Century Fiction, Poetry Daily, Fence Digital, mercury firs, dollar bills, and an NFTA bus shelter have all featured his writing. He has taught community-based writing workshops for teachers, teens, and workers. Community Mausoleum recently featured his essay  “PEN America: Cultural Imperialism’s Avant-Garde.” Find more at http://joehalljoehall.com.