VOICES Reading: Henry Mills, Jan. 30

Thursday, Jan. 30: Poet Henry Mills (7:30 p.m., Daugherty-Palmer Commons)

In collaboration with ILC; introduced by Professor José Ballesteros

Henry Mills is a poet, performer, and musician born in Washington, D.C., to a Salvadoran mother and a Jewish-American father. His multi-disciplinary performances include Helicopters and Vultures, which delves into his family history against the backdrop of the Salvadoran Civil War, and Underwater Poems, an existential meditation in the wake of a friend’s suicide. He has performed at festivals such as Positive Youth Fest, Split This Rock, and the Festival de Invierno in Perquín, El Salvador. A career highlight was opening for the revolutionary Latin American folk group Los Guaraguao.Henry’s poetry, often exploring themes of resilience, displacement, and the intersections of personal and collective history, has been published in The Wandering Song: Central American Writing in the United States, Origins Journal, and Epiphany Magazine. In 2016, he earned an MFA in poetry from New York University.