Mg Roberts and Geneva Chao: October 27, 2016

The Poetry Center presents Mg Roberts and Geneva Chao reading and in conversation. Mg Roberts reads from not so, sea (Durga Press, 2014) as well as from her forthcoming book Anemal Uter Meck (forthcoming from Black Radish Books, 2017). Geneva Chao reads from One of Us is Wave One of Us is Shore (Otis Books, 2016) and Hilary is Dreaming (Make Now Books, 2016). The readings are followed by a conversation with the audience.

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DocFilm Institute
Location
The Poetry Center, SFSU
Date
10/27/2016
Total Run Time
01:15:52
Contributor
Steve Dickison, Chet Wiener
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Mg Roberts (00:19:26)

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Steve Dickison introduces Mg Roberts who reads from not so, sea. She then reads excerpts from "Uter," and "Meck" from her forthcoming book Anemal Uter Meck. She closes with "Mecury Retrograde: A Seriously Sad Ass Apology."

Geneva Chao (00:23:01)

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Steve Dickison introduces Geneva Chao who reads from "synthese" and "hypothese" from One of Us is Wave One of Us is Shore. She then reads "Mea Culpa Forever," "Living History," "Mistakes Were Made," "Goldman Sachs Speech #3," "Naked Ambition in a Pantsuit," and "Echo Chamber," from her just-released book Hilary is Dreaming.

Conversation (00:32:30)

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Geneva Chao and Mg Roberts take questions from the audience. They discuss transnationalism, using multiple languages in a poem, Hillary Clinton as candidate and as poetic device, their participation in Thinking its Presence: The Racial Imaginary, a conference at the University of Montana in 2015, and the writing process, from concept to publication.

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