Theo Cai Reads “Filaments,” the 2021 Anne Flexner Award Winning Poem

Theo Cai, ’21, recipient of the 2021 Anne Flexner Award for Poetry, shares their award-winning piece “Filaments.”   The Anne Flexner Award is given annually as part of the creative writing contest sponsored by the Department of English at Duke University.  Student submissions are judged by our Creative Writing Committee. This award was established in 1945 by family members and friends of former English student Anne Flexner to recognize undergraduates for their work in poetry.