Forrest Gander - January 6, 2022

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Forrest Gander

Forrest Gander reads from his translation of Mexican poet Coral Bracho's It Must Be a Misunderstanding (2022), as well as from his own collection Twice Alive (2021). The reading begins with three poems by Gander's late wife, C.D. Wright, read by two other poets and Gander himself. Gander closes with his translation of a poem by Pablo Neruda published in Then Come Back: The Lost Neruda Poems (2016).

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Welcome
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by Diana Marie Delgado

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Introduction
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by Alison Hawthorne Deming

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Opening Remarks and excerpt from "One Big Self"
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"Dear Virtual Lifer..." read by Diana Marie Delgado.

Citation

Wright, C.D. One Big Self. Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 2007.

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"Why Ralph Refuses to Dance"
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Read by Jami Macarty.

Citation

Wright, C.D. String Light. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1991.

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"Flame"
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Read by Forrest Gander.

Citation

Wright, C.D. Steal Away. Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 2003.

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"(Observaciones) [Las piezas del rompecabezas...]"
Citation

Bracho, Coral. It Must Be a Misunderstanding. Translated by Forrest Gander. New York: New Directions, 2022.

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"(Observations) [The puzzle pieces...]"
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Bracho, Coral. It Must Be a Misunderstanding. Translated by Forrest Gander. New York: New Directions, 2022.

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"(Observations) [That bird...]"
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Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Bracho, Coral. It Must Be a Misunderstanding. Translated by Forrest Gander. New York: New Directions, 2022.

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"(Alzheimer's. Follow-up)"
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Bracho, Coral. It Must Be a Misunderstanding. Translated by Forrest Gander. New York: New Directions, 2022.

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"Author's Note"
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Differs from published version.

Citation

Gander, Forrest. Twice Alive. New York: New Directions, 2021.

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"Twice Alive"
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Differs from published version.

Citation

Gander, Forrest. Twice Alive. New York: New Directions, 2021.

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"Aubade"
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Differs from published version.

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Gander, Forrest. Twice Alive. New York: New Directions, 2021.

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"Wasteland (for Santa Rosa)"
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Gander, Forrest. Twice Alive. New York: New Directions, 2021.

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"Immigrant Sea"
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Gander, Forrest. Twice Alive. New York: New Directions, 2021.

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"Unto Ourselves"
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Differs from published version.

Citation

Gander, Forrest. Twice Alive. New York: New Directions, 2021.

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"I rolled beneath hooves..."
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Differs from published version.

Citation

Neruda, Pablo. Then Come Back: The Lost Neruda Poems. Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 2016.

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Forrest Gander
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Paola Valenzuela
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