Belarusian poetry in San Francisco, Nov 11!

[Sibelan Forrester]

Dear colleagues,

I'm forwarding this message from the Center for the Art of Translation
in San Francisco, which arrived with the tempting heading "Re: NEXT
WEEK: Lit&Lunch with Belarusian Sensation Valzhyna Mort" - for Slavists
and poetry fanciers (or sensation-seekers) in the Bay area!

With best regards,

Sibelan


Center for the Art of Translation wrote:
> Join us next Tuesday for Lit&Lunch with Belarusian Sensation Valzhyna
> Mort Reading Her Electrifying Poems
> 
> Tuesday, November 11, 12:30-1:30 p.m. 111 Minna Gallery, 2nd St. and
> Minna St., San Francisco FREE (gourmet lunch available for purchase;
> online pre-orders accepted until noon on Friday, November 7)
> 
> Belarusian sensation Valzhyna Mort will read from the electrifying
> poems of FACTORY OF TEARS, her debut collection in English published
> by Copper Canyon Press in 2008. Translated from the Belarusian by the
> author with Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright and Pulitzer Prize winner Franz
> Wright, FACTORY OF TEARS is the first Belarusian/English poetry book
> published in the United States.
> 
> Bristling with restlessness, at once political and erotic, Mort's
> poems dazzle with wit and invention. Her poetry has drawn comparisons
> to Dylan Thomas and Allen Ginsberg for its hypnotic, incantatory
> cadences. Known throughout Europe for her remarkable reading
> performances, Mort writes in her native Belarusian at a time when
> efforts are being made to reestablish the traditional language.
> 
> Lit&Lunch is a program of the Center for the Art of Translation. For
> more information, call the Center at (415) 512-8812 or visit
> www.catranslation.org. The Center for the Art of Translation is a
> non-profit organization based in San Francisco  that promotes
> international literature and translation through programs in the
> arts, education, and community outreach.
> 
> ----------------------------------------
> 
> Our postal address is 35 Stillman Street Suite 201 San Francisco,
> California 94107 United States
> 
> Our website is www.catranslation.org.

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