Keith Donnell Jr. and Antony Fangary: September 23, 2021

The Poetry Center presents Keith Donnell Jr. and Antony Fangari, reading and in conversation, at the Poetry Center reading room at San Francisco State University. Antony Fangari reads from his manuscript entitled “Complexity of the Foreigner,” and Keith Donnell Jr. reads from his book Move (Nomadic Press, 2021). After a short break the poets take the stage together to field questions from the in-house audience.

Publisher
DocFilm Institute
Location
The Poetry Center, SFSU
Date
2021-09-23
Event Run Time
01:28:31
Contributors
Steve Dickison
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Antony Fangary (00:20:32)

Antony Fangary reads from his unpublished manuscript, Aoudit il Khoagha / Complexity of the Foreigner, with its poems in series revolving around Coptic-American identity and religion. Some titles are given in both Arabic and English. 

Keith Donnell Jr. (00:24:12)

Keith Donnell Jr. gives a brief introduction to his first poetry collection, Move (Nomadic Press, 2021), and reads from the book, beginning with “Kitchen Table Séance” and closing with the last poem of the book, “Electric Sliding for a New World,” a largely found language piece combining elements from the songs “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and “Electric Boogie.”

Conversation (00:36:47)

Following their readings, the poets respond in turn to questions from the audience and discuss topics such as Fangary's Coptic inheritance, aspects of language use, various writing processes, effects of performance on the work, and matters of culture and family.

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