Join Rachel at AWP2024, which is taking place in Kansas City this year. She’ll be moderating the panel, Scriptural Entanglements: Poets Writing Into, Through, and Against Sacred Texts, featuring George Abraham, Rachel Mennies, Sarah Ghazal Ali, and Patrycja Humienik. About the panel: Religious scripture is among the oldest and widest-read written material; as such, it carries immense potential for poetic re-imagining. In their scriptural entanglements, these five poets explore and explode notions of gender and property, faith and belonging, violence and care. The literary canon is largely white and Christian, and this panel, led by poets across spiritual and religious backgrounds, pushes for a more expansive and inclusive practice of devotional engagement on the page.