Friday, May 7, 2010 at 7:00pm
New York, NY
The violence of war is often followed by a shadow: a violence against language itself. So how do poets engage with narratives of war? From the Philippines to Iran, displacement and trauma at the hands of warfare effects Asian writing in the United States today. Tonight, the legendary Wing Tek Lum reads from his latest poems, written largely in the voices of Japanese soldiers during the Nanjing Massacre. Luis Francia, editor of groundbreaking historical compilation The Vestiges of War, sheds light on the largely-ignored 1899 Philippine-American War. And Kaveh Bassiri writes on conflict in Iran.
Wing Tek Lum was born in Hawai’i. He has an undergraduate degree in engineering, a master’s degree in divinity, and has been a social worker and a businessman. His debut poetry collection, Expounding the Doubtful Points, won a 1988 American Book Award.
Luis Francia was born and raised in Manila. He is the author of autobiographical travelogue Eye of the Fish, and teaches at NYU.
Kaveh Bassiri was born in Iran. He is the co-founder of Triptych Readings and the Literary Art Director for the Persian Arts Festival.
Kimiko Hahn was born in Mt. Kisco, New York, the child of artists. She is the author of seven collections of poetry, including The Narrow Road to the Interior (W.W. Norton, 2006); The Artist's Daughter (2002); Mosquito and Ant (1999); Volatile (1998); and The Unbearable Heart (1995), which received an American Book Award.
(More information HERE.)
New York, NY
The violence of war is often followed by a shadow: a violence against language itself. So how do poets engage with narratives of war? From the Philippines to Iran, displacement and trauma at the hands of warfare effects Asian writing in the United States today. Tonight, the legendary Wing Tek Lum reads from his latest poems, written largely in the voices of Japanese soldiers during the Nanjing Massacre. Luis Francia, editor of groundbreaking historical compilation The Vestiges of War, sheds light on the largely-ignored 1899 Philippine-American War. And Kaveh Bassiri writes on conflict in Iran.
Wing Tek Lum was born in Hawai’i. He has an undergraduate degree in engineering, a master’s degree in divinity, and has been a social worker and a businessman. His debut poetry collection, Expounding the Doubtful Points, won a 1988 American Book Award.
Luis Francia was born and raised in Manila. He is the author of autobiographical travelogue Eye of the Fish, and teaches at NYU.
Kaveh Bassiri was born in Iran. He is the co-founder of Triptych Readings and the Literary Art Director for the Persian Arts Festival.
Kimiko Hahn was born in Mt. Kisco, New York, the child of artists. She is the author of seven collections of poetry, including The Narrow Road to the Interior (W.W. Norton, 2006); The Artist's Daughter (2002); Mosquito and Ant (1999); Volatile (1998); and The Unbearable Heart (1995), which received an American Book Award.
(More information HERE.)
