Strange Big Moons And Homegirls
Over the transom in four parts.
1. From The Society of Midland Authors:
Chicago author Mahmoud Saeed, a native of Iraq, will discuss his novel The World Through the Eyes of Angels in a Society of Midland Authors program Oct. 9 at the Cliff Dwellers Club, along with one of his translators, Allen Salter of Chicago.
Saeed has written more than 20 novels and short story collections, starting with Port Saeed and Other Stories in 1963. That same year, Iraq’s first military-Baathist government seized two of his novels and imprisoned him for a year. After being incarcerated six times, Saeed left Iraq in 1985. He has lived in the United States since 1999, and he now teaches Arabic and Arabic culture at DePaul University.
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Saeed and Salter will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, at the Cliff Dwellers Club, 200 S. Michigan Ave., 22nd floor, Chicago. A social hour, with complimentary snacks and a cash bar, begins at 6 p.m. Reservations are not required. Admission is free, but the Society will accept donations to defray the cost of programs. For more information, see www.midlandauthors.com.
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2. Three from The Poetry Foundation:
i) The Poetry Foundation and the Neighborhood Writing Alliance present Sonia Sanchez, the internationally acclaimed author of more than 20 books, including Homecoming, Homegirls and Handgrenades, which won the American Book Award in 1985, Shake Loose My Skin, and, most recently, Morning Haiku.
One of the founding members of the Black Arts Movement and an influential advocate for civil rights, Sanchez has received many accolades for her literature and activism, among them the Langston Hughes Award, the Robert Frost Medal, and the Peace and Freedom Award. She was recently named Philadelphia’s first poet laureate.
Thursday, September 13, 7 p.m.
Poetry Foundation, 61 West Superior Street
Free admission on a first come, first-served basis.
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ii) The Poetry Foundation’s Harriet Reading Series presents a central influence among the Beats, New York School, and Language poets. Joanne Kyger has authored more than 20 books of poetry and prose, including As Ever: Selected Poems, Strange Big Moon: The Japan and India Journals, 1960-1964, and, most recently, About Now: Collected Poems, for which she was awarded the 2008 PEN Oakland Josephine Miles National Literary Award for Poetry. A reception will follow the reading.
Friday, September 14, 6:30 p.m.
Poetry Foundation, 61 West Superior Street
Free admission on a first come, first-served basis.
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iii) The Poetry Foundation is pleased to present a celebration of 2007 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize-winner Lucille Clifton’s life and work as well as the publication of The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 (BOA Editions, 2012). Clifton, who passed away in 2010, once told an interviewer that “writing is a way of continuing to hope . . . a way of remembering I am not alone.” Poets Michael S. Glaser, Li-Young Lee, Elise Paschen, Kevin Young, and other special guests will read their favorite Clifton poems. A reception will follow the reading.
Thursday, September 20, 7:00 PM
Poetry Foundation, 61 West Superior Street
Free admission on a first come, first-served basis. Doors open 30 minutes before the program, which is expected to last approximately one hour.
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Posted on September 11, 2012