colloquium

Reading

In response to questions from attendees, John Ashbery discusses cinema, wide-ranging responses to his two earliest books (Some Trees, 1956, and The Tennis Court Oath, 1962), and his appreciation for the poetry of Walt Whitman. He also considers movements in American poetry including modernism, postmodernism, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poetry, and new formalism.

Reading

Colloquium on translation featuring poets Lila Zemborain and Rosa Alcalá.

Reading

Franz Wright discusses a wide range of topics, including Rilke, translation, and the writing life.

Reading

Colloquium on identity and diversity in literature.

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