We are proud to present a reading by Zeina Hashem Beck. This reading is sponsored by the University of Arizona’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies. 

Zeina Hashem Beck is a Lebanese poet and the author of, most recently, O, named a Best Book of the Year by Literary Hub and The New York Public Library. Her collection of 40 palindromic sonnets, titled This Was Supposed to Be About Beauty, is forthcoming in March 2027. Her work has appeared in LARB, Poem-a-Day, and Lithub, among others. She currently lives in California.

In addition to the in-person reading, most Reading & Lecture Series events are streamed live on our website.