Charif Shanahan - December 5, 2023

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Reading Series
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Poetry Center
Charif Shanahan

Charif Shanahan reads from his second collection of poetry, Trace Evidence (2023), which considers mixed-race identity and the construction of race alongside the struggle to find and make meaning in one's life.

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Welcome
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by Tyler Meier

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Introduction
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by Farid Matuk

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"'Mulatto' :: 'Quadroon'"
Description

Title read as "Mulatto, Quadroon, Somewhere Between." Differs slightly from published version. 

Citation

Shanahan, Charif. Trace Evidence. Portland, OR: Tin House, 2023.

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"Colonialism"
Description

Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Shanahan, Charif. Trace Evidence. Portland, OR: Tin House, 2023.

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"Thirty-Third Year"
Citation

Shanahan, Charif. Trace Evidence. Portland, OR: Tin House, 2023.

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"Control"
Citation

Shanahan, Charif. Trace Evidence. Portland, OR: Tin House, 2023.

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"Exile"
Citation

Shanahan, Charif. Trace Evidence. Portland, OR: Tin House, 2023.

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"My People"
Citation

Shanahan, Charif. Trace Evidence. Portland, OR: Tin House, 2023.

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"On the Overnight from Agadir"
Description

Differs from published version.

Citation

Shanahan, Charif. Trace Evidence. Portland, OR: Tin House, 2023.

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"While I Wash My Face I Ask Impossible Questions of Myself and Those Who Love Me"
Citation

Shanahan, Charif. Trace Evidence. Portland, OR: Tin House, 2023.

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"Thirty-Fifth Year"
Citation

Shanahan, Charif. Trace Evidence. Portland, OR: Tin House, 2023.

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"Worthiness"
Citation

Shanahan, Charif. Trace Evidence. Portland, OR: Tin House, 2023.

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Charif Shanahan
Photographer
Paola Valenzuela
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Charif Shanahan and partner Kellen Townsend
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Paola Valenzuela
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