raúl zurita
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The Poetry Center presents Forrest Gander, reading and in conversation. After opening with a reading from unpublished work by C.D. Wright, and a selection of poems by Latin American and Spanish poets (read in Spanish and in translation), Gander reads his own new work from Be With (New Directions, 2018) and from his earlier book, Science and Steepleflower, (New Directions, 1998). His reading is followed by a conversation in response to questions from the audience.
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The Poetry Center presents renowned Chilean poet Raúl Zurita, together with poet, scholar of Latin American literature, and translator William Rowe, along with Nuri Gené-Cos, psychiatrist, whose work focuses on trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, frequently with refugee survivors of political violence. Zurita reads in Spanish from his book INRI (2003), with Rowe reading his translation of the work to English (Marick Press, 2009; revised edition, with an introduction by Norma Cole, NYRB Poets, 2018) and from his earlier work, Canto a su amor desaparecido (1985), another translation of which was published the year following this reading (as Song for His Disappeared Love, Action Books, 2010, translated by Daniel Borzutsky). Eleni Stecopoulos opens by introducing the Poetics of Healing project and welcoming Zurita, Rowe, Gené-Cos, and the audience. Following their reading, Zurita and Rowe are joined in conversation by Gené-Cos, with Stecopoulos helping to guide the discussion, which takes place at The Poetry Center on the San Francisco State campus. This event was followed the same evening with an appearance by all participants at the Meridian Gallery in San Francisco, and the following day by a discussion with an audience of medical practitioners at the University of Californa San Francisco School of Medicine.
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The Poetry Center presents William Rowe and Helen Dimos reading and in conversation. William Rowe reads newer poems in manuscript form, his translations from Raúl Zurita and César Vallejo, and poems from his own Collected Poems (Crater Press, 2016). Helen Dimos reads from No Realtor was Compensated for this Sale (The Elephants, 2017) and poetry in manuscript. Their readings are followed by a conversation with the audience.