Join host Jezmina Von Thiele for the third installment of Poetry After Hours at the Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery. We’re excited to welcome guest readers Kevin Le and Mckendy Fils-Aimé, who will perform a selection of their works before we transition to a generative ekphrastic activity and open mic.

Free event (donations welcome) and open to all.

About Kevin Le: Kevin Le (he/him) is a second-generation Vietnamese-American poet, writer, and intuitive reader from Connecticut, and a second-year MFA candidate at the University of New Hampshire. A recipient of the 2022 Academy of American Poets University Prize, his work explores family, diaspora, love, and the quiet moments shared in the face of trauma and grief, with poems published in RockPaperPoem.

About Mckendy Fils-Aimé: Mckendy Fils-Aimé is a New England based Haitian American poet, organizer, and teaching artist. He has received fellowships from Callaloo, Cave Canem, The Watering Hole, and Periplus. Over the span of nearly two decades, Mckendy has represented New England in several regional and national poetry slams, making numerous semi-final and final stage appearances. Mckendy’s work has been featured in Adroit, American Literary Review, Obsidian, the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day series, and elsewhere. His debut poetry collection will be published by YesYes Books in 2026.