Join us for An Evening with Shara McCallum, author of Behold. Presented by Austin Community College, this event will include a reading, conversation, and book signing.
Cost: Free
Date: Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Torch Literary Arts - Torch Center, 6406 N. I-35 Frontage Rd., Suite 1807, Austin, TX 78752
"Shara McCallum’s Behold is the kind of book that first stunned me into the abiding love I have for language. At once mystical, political, and lyrical, these poems redraw the boundaries of what we might consider the limits of human insight. Poems like these remind us that, if there is ever to be a fully realized awakening in terms of our relationship to history, we need poetry."
—Tim Seibles, author of Voodoo Libretto: New & Selected Poems
From Jamaica and born to a Jamaican father and Venezuelan mother, Shara McCallum is the author of seven books of poetry, published in the US & UK, including Behold, forthcoming in 2026. Awards for her work include a Guggenheim Fellowship, Musgrave Medal, NEA Fellowship, Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for No Ruined Stone, OCM Bocas Caribbean Poetry Prize for Madwoman, Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize for The Water Between Us, among others. McCallum teaches at Penn State University and from 2021-22 served as the Penn State Laureate. For more information, please visit her website: sharamccallum.com
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Winner's Circle
$50.00 - Celebrate Torch receiving the inaugural AWP Writing Organization Award in 2025.
Features
$75.00 - Torch Magazine has featured emerging and established writers, including LaToya Watkins, Lisa B. Thompson, Debora DEEP Mouton, Ebony Stewart, and Andrea Vocab Sanderson.
Trailblazer
$100.00 - Honor how Torch helps to light a path for Black women writers to have their voices, stories, and perspectives heard and held here in the U.S. and abroad. Torch Magazine has been recognized by the Pushcart Prize Best of the Small Presses.
About This Event
Join us for An Evening with Shara McCallum, author of Behold. Presented by Austin Community College, this event will include a reading, conversation, and book signing.
Cost: Free
Date: Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Torch Literary Arts - Torch Center, 6406 N. I-35 Frontage Rd., Suite 1807, Austin, TX 78752
"Shara McCallum’s Behold is the kind of book that first stunned me into the abiding love I have for language. At once mystical, political, and lyrical, these poems redraw the boundaries of what we might consider the limits of human insight. Poems like these remind us that, if there is ever to be a fully realized awakening in terms of our relationship to history, we need poetry."
—Tim Seibles, author of Voodoo Libretto: New & Selected Poems
From Jamaica and born to a Jamaican father and Venezuelan mother, Shara McCallum is the author of seven books of poetry, published in the US & UK, including Behold, forthcoming in 2026. Awards for her work include a Guggenheim Fellowship, Musgrave Medal, NEA Fellowship, Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for No Ruined Stone, OCM Bocas Caribbean Poetry Prize for Madwoman, Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize for The Water Between Us, among others. McCallum teaches at Penn State University and from 2021-22 served as the Penn State Laureate. For more information, please visit her website: sharamccallum.com
Won't you celebrate with us?
Please consider donating to support Torch and help fuel our flame for generations to come.
Celebrate Herstory
$25.00 - Celebrate the vast contributions of Black women writers throughout history.
Winner's Circle
$50.00 - Celebrate Torch receiving the inaugural AWP Writing Organization Award in 2025.
Features
$75.00 - Torch Magazine has featured emerging and established writers, including LaToya Watkins, Lisa B. Thompson, Debora DEEP Mouton, Ebony Stewart, and Andrea Vocab Sanderson.
Trailblazer
$100.00 - Honor how Torch helps to light a path for Black women writers to have their voices, stories, and perspectives heard and held here in the U.S. and abroad. Torch Magazine has been recognized by the Pushcart Prize Best of the Small Presses.
Getting There
Torch Literary Arts - Torch Center
6406 N. I-35 Frontage Rd., Suite 1807
Austin, Texas 78752
United States
