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PETER BALAKIAN TO READ FROM ZIGGURAT IN CALIFORNIA
By Editor
http://www.mirrorspectator.com/?p=4134
Nov 1, 2010
California
SAN FRANCISCO - Peter Balakian will read from his new book of poems
Ziggurat (published by The University of Chicago Press) and will
also discuss issues concerning the Armenian Genocide and contemporary
affairs during a question-and-answer session.
Balakian will read at the following locations: November 18, 7 p.m.,
Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park; November 20, 7:30
p.m., The Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., San Francisco; and November 21,
4 p.m., Mrs. Dalloway's, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley and November 22,
7 p.m., ALOUD Reading Series. Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library
of Los Angeles, 630 West Fifth St.
For reservations and information on the latter, visit
http://www.lfla.org/event-detail/522/Peter-Balakian.
In Ziggurat, Balakian continues to define himself as one of the most
distinctive voices of his generation.
He explores history, self and imagination, as well as his ongoing
concerns with catastrophe and trauma.
Balakian is the Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor in
Humanities and professor of English at Colgate University.
He is the author of five books of poems including June-tree: New and
Selected Poems 1974-2000, and three prose works, including The Burning
Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response, a New York
Times best seller, and Black Dog of Fate, winner of the PEN/Albrand
Prize for memoir. For further information about Balakian's tour, visit
www.PeterBalakian.com.
From: A. Papazian
By Editor
http://www.mirrorspectator.com/?p=4134
Nov 1, 2010
California
SAN FRANCISCO - Peter Balakian will read from his new book of poems
Ziggurat (published by The University of Chicago Press) and will
also discuss issues concerning the Armenian Genocide and contemporary
affairs during a question-and-answer session.
Balakian will read at the following locations: November 18, 7 p.m.,
Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park; November 20, 7:30
p.m., The Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., San Francisco; and November 21,
4 p.m., Mrs. Dalloway's, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley and November 22,
7 p.m., ALOUD Reading Series. Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library
of Los Angeles, 630 West Fifth St.
For reservations and information on the latter, visit
http://www.lfla.org/event-detail/522/Peter-Balakian.
In Ziggurat, Balakian continues to define himself as one of the most
distinctive voices of his generation.
He explores history, self and imagination, as well as his ongoing
concerns with catastrophe and trauma.
Balakian is the Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor in
Humanities and professor of English at Colgate University.
He is the author of five books of poems including June-tree: New and
Selected Poems 1974-2000, and three prose works, including The Burning
Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response, a New York
Times best seller, and Black Dog of Fate, winner of the PEN/Albrand
Prize for memoir. For further information about Balakian's tour, visit
www.PeterBalakian.com.
From: A. Papazian