Geoffrey Brock - April 10, 2014

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Geoffrey Brock

In the inaugural reading of the Hannelore Quander-Rattee Translation Series, Geoffrey Brock presents translations of the work of Giovanni Pascoli, Patrizia Cavalli, and César Vallejo, along with original poems.

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Welcome
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by Tyler Meier

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Introduction
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by Tony Luebbermann

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Opening Remarks
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"Nebbia / Fog"
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Read in Italian and English.

Citation

Pascoli, Giovanni. "Nebbia." The FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Italian Poetry. Ed. Geoffrey Brock. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2012.

Pascoli, Giovanni. "Fog." Trans. Geoffrey Brock. PN Review, vol. 45, no. 4, 2019.

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"Il Gelsomino Notturno / Night-Blooming Jasmine"
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Differs from published version. Read in Italian and English.

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Pascoli, Giovanni. "Il Gelsomino Notturno." The FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Italian Poetry. Ed. and trans. Geoffrey Brock. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2012.

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"Per riposarmi... / I comb my hair..."
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Read in Italian and English.

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Cavalli, Patrizia. My Poems Won't Change the World: Selected Poems. Ed. Gini Alhadeff. Trans. Geoffrey Brock. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2013.

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"Anche quando sembra che la giornata... / Even when it seems that the day has passed..."
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Unpublished translation by Geoffrey Brock. Read in Italian and English.

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Cavalli, Patrizia. My Poems Will Not Change the World. Toronto: Exile Editions, 1998.

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"Limping pigeon, absurd limping crippled pigeon..."
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Unpublished translation of "Piccione zoppo. Ridiculo..." by Geoffrey Brock. Read in English.

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Cavalli, Patrizia. My Poems Won't Change the World: Selected Poems. Ed. Gini Alhadeff. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2013.

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"Sempre voler capire. Non si può. / Always wanting to understand. You can't."
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Differs slightly from published version. Read in Italian and English.

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Cavalli, Patrizia. My Poems Won't Change the World: Selected Poems. Ed. Gini Alhadeff. Trans. Geoffrey Brock. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2013.

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"Le strade sono calde, le voci ingombrano... / The streets are hot, the voices in the way..."
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Differs slightly from published version. Read in Italian and English.

Citation

Cavalli, Patrizia. My Poems Won't Change the World: Selected Poems. Ed. Gini Alhadeff. Trans. Geoffrey Brock. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2013.

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"Piedra Negra Sobre Una Piedra Blanca / Black Stone on a White Stone"
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Read in Spanish and English.

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Vallejo, César. "Piedra Negra Sobre Una Piedra Blanca." The Complete Poetry: César Vallejo. Ed. Clayton Eshleman. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007.

Brock, Geoffrey. "Exhuming Vallejo." Poetry, 3 November 2014, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/articles/70171/exhuming-vallejo. Accessed 6 June 2018.

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"In Memory"
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Unpublished.

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"And Day Brought Back My Night"
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Brock, Geoffrey. Weighing Light. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2005.

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"The Familiar Itch"
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Brock, Geoffrey. Weighing Light. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2005.

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"Weighing Light"
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Brock, Geoffrey. Weighing Light. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2005.

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"Bryant Park at Dusk"
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Differs from published version.

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Brock, Geoffrey. Voices Bright Flags. Baltimore: The Waywiser Press, 2014.

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"Day of Settlement: Dec. 2, 1859"
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Differs from published version.

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Brock, Geoffrey. Voices Bright Flags. Baltimore: The Waywiser Press, 2014.

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"The Nights"
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Brock, Geoffrey. Voices Bright Flags. Baltimore: The Waywiser Press, 2014.

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"Homeland Security"
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Brock, Geoffrey. Voices Bright Flags. Baltimore: The Waywiser Press, 2014.

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"Trip Hop"
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Brock, Geoffrey. Voices Bright Flags. Baltimore: The Waywiser Press, 2014.

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Question and Answer Session
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Geoffrey Brock
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Cybele Knowles
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Geoffrey Brock
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Cybele Knowles
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