San Francisco: for poets and lovers of poetry

San Francisco International Poetry Festival
For a complete schedule of events, visit www.sfinternationalpoetryfestival.org

Sunday August 26

Please join us at a special reading this Sunday in San Francisco, co-sponsored by the
Center for the Art of Translation:
Mutanabbi Street Memorial Reading
Commemorating the bombing of the historic center of the literary and intellectual
community of Baghdad
Sunday, 8.26.07 at 1pm
KORET Auditorium
San Francisco Main Library
100 Larkin Street
Readers include Sinan Antoon, Beau Beausoleil, Summer Brenner, Julie Bruck,
Katherine Case, Diane di Prima, George Evans, Robert Gluck, Jane Hirshfield,
Jaime Jacinto, Genny Lim, Rick London, devorah major, Sarah Menefee, Michael
Palmer, Deema Shehabi, Gail Sher, Zaid Shlah and Daisy Zamora.
For more information, visit http://www.sfpl.org/news/mutanabbi.htm.

Lit & Lunch with Poet Peter Cole 10/23/07

Reserve your lunch now for our Lit&Lunch event with Peter Cole on October 23!
Peter Cole on Poetry in the Middle East
Tuesday October 23, 12:30-1:30 pm
111 Minna Gallery, 2nd St. and Minna St.
Free
Peter Cole is an acclaimed translator, publisher, and poet. His latest book, The Dream of the Poem, features Hebrew poetry from medieval Spain. He will be reading from his book and discussing his role as the publisher and editor of Ibis Editions. Cole's translation of Taha Muhammad Ali's poem "Revenge" appeared in TWO LINES XIV just before Cole and Ali were profiled on the Jim Lehrer Newshour as part of the "Words in Conflict" series on poetry of the Middle East. The MacArthur Foundation recently named Cole one of the recipients of its 2007 "Genius" Award.
Two more days to order lunches. Place your order at catranslation.org. Lunch orders must be in by noon on Friday October 19th.
Lit&Lunch is a program of the Center for the Art of Translation. For more information call the Center for the Art of Translation at 415 512-8812 or visit our website at catranslation.org.----------------------------------------
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