Carolina De Robertis and Micah Perks: November 3, 2016

The Poetry Center presents Carolina De Robertis and Micah Perks reading and in conversation. Carolina De Robertis reads her poem "Para Orlando" ("For Orlando") and from The Gods of Tango (Vintage Books, 2015). Micah Perks reads from her novel What Becomes Us (Outpost19, 2016). The readings are followed by a conversation with the audience.

Originally Recorded By
DocFilm Institute
Location
The Poetry Center, SFSU
Date
11/03/2016
Total Run Time
01:11:46
Contributor
Steve Dickison, René Juárez-Vásquez
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Carolina De Robertis (00:24:53)

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Carolina De Robertis opens her reading with her poem "Para Orlando" (in Spanish, and in her own English translation, which appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle). She then reads excerpts from her novel The Gods of Tango.

Micah Perks (00:14:31)

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Micah Perks reads two passages from her new novel, What Becomes Us.

Conversation (00:32:07)

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Carolina De Robertis and Micah Perks respond to questions from the audience. They discuss stream of consciousness in writing, the use of personal experience, voice, the nuance of translation, scholarly works contributing to their fiction, and much more.

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