Gregory Pardlo: December 1, 2015

The Poetry Center presents Gregory Pardlo reading from his books Totem (Copper Canyon Press, 2007) and Digest (Four Way Books, 2014), the latter for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for 2015. The event was co-sponsored by The Poetry Center, and the Departments of Creative Writing, English, and Creative Writing at San Francisco State University.

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DocFilm Institute
Location
Humanities Symposium Room, SFSU
Date
12/01/2015
Total Run Time
41:52
Contributor
Elise Ficarra
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Gregory Pardlo (41:52)

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Elise Ficarra introduces Gregory Pardlo, who reads "Double Dutch" from Totem and then reads and comments on his poems "Written by Himself," "Heraclitus," "St. Augustine," "Philadelphia, Negro," "Attachment: Atlantic City Pimp," "Shades of Green: Envy and Ethnicity in the American Cultural Imaginary," "For Which it Stands," "Black Peppers," "Deleuze and Guattari," "Problema 3," and "Problema 4," all from Digest. Pardlo responds to one question from the audience before concluding the program.

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