Zoeglossia has selected 13 disabled poets as fellows for their 2021 conference. The fellowship provides the poets with the opportunity to attend an annual retreat/conference and work with established writers who are also disabled. This year the event, hosted by New Mexico State University, will be held entirely online May 20-23 due to restrictions required by the Covid-19 pandemic. New Mexico State University English professor Connie Voisine is a co-founder of Zoeglossia, an organization for poets and writers who identify as having a disability. (Courtesy Photo)
The NMSU College of Arts and Sciences is excited to have the opportunity to assist Zoeglossia and its NMSU-based co-founder Dr. Connie Voisine in providing this important venue for poets living life with disabilities to develop and share their voices to a national and international audience, said James Murphy, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. We look forward to the confere