Poetry Event! Reese Landry’s “Hope, Love & The Lack Thereof” at Symposium Books – Providence, RI

Join us on Friday, October 3rd at 7pm as we host Reese Landry in conversation with Kou T. Nyan to discuss her debut poetry collection, Hope, Love & The Lack Thereof: An Evolution of Mind. Signed copies of the book will be available for purchase.

About the book:

In this deeply moving collection, Reese Landry explores the tender spaces between longing and loss, between the hope we carry and the disappointments that shape us. With unflinching honesty and lyrical grace, she navigates the complexities of motherhood, the weight of expectations, and the quiet moments of beauty that sustain us through life’s storms.

From lakeside reflections that capture fleeting peace to the raw examination of relationships that leave us changed, these poems reveal a poet unafraid to confront both light and shadow. Landry’s voice is intimate yet universal, speaking to anyone who has ever held “half a hope” while bracing for heartbreak.

Hope, Love and The Lack Thereof is a testament to resilience—a collection that finds profound meaning in life’s contradictions and discovers that sometimes our most honest moments come from acknowledging what we don’t know, rather than what we do.

About the poet:

Reese Landry is a Cuban-American poet, short fiction author, and screenwriter based in Rhode Island with interests in psychology, neuroscience, and criminology. When she’s not writing, Reese enjoys adventures with her son, shopping for books, and studying film. Connect with Reese on Instagram: @reeselandrypoetry

About the moderator:

Kou Tukala Nyan (she/they) writes about reflections, “what if” scenarios, and surrealism. Nyan’s first book, Jesus, Adulting, People in Poetry, was featured in Hey Rhody, and she received the Make Art Grant from RISCA for her forthcoming work Try and Make It Home. Intrigued by the paranormal, supernatural, and oddities present in your day-to-day, she is a futurist and a dreamer at night. Nyan is a journalist whose articles are featured in Hey Rhody, The Bay, So Rhode Island, Providence Monthly, and Rhode Island Monthly. She reports and curates spaces/events and wonders in her spare time.