Sesshu Foster - April 14, 2022

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Sesshu Foster

Los Angeles poet Sesshu Foster reads from City Terrace Field Manual (1996), World Ball Notebook (2008), and City of the Future (2018). He reads poems that engage with East LA, the influences of his father, and his own life as a father, mixing candor and humor throughout.

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Welcome and Introduction
Description

by Diana Marie Delgado

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Opening remarks and "Father's Day"
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Uncollected.

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"I was bleeding through the gauze I'd wrapped..."
Description

Differs from published version.

Citation

Foster, Sesshu. City Terrace Field Manual. New York: Kaya Production, 1996.

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"Game 117"
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Differs from published version.

Citation

Foster, Sesshu. World Ball Notebook. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2008.

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"Game 112"
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Differs from published version.

Citation

Foster, Sesshu. World Ball Notebook. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2008.

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"Game 111"
Description

Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Foster, Sesshu. World Ball Notebook. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2008.

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"Game 84"
Description

Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Foster, Sesshu. World Ball Notebook. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2008.

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"City Terrace Postcard"
Description

Differs from published version.

Citation

Foster, Sesshu. City of the Future. Los Angeles: Kaya Press, 2018.

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"Another Portrait of Dad"
Description

Differs from published version.

Citation

Foster, Sesshu. City of the Future. Los Angeles: Kaya Press, 2018.

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Image
Sesshu Foster
Photographer
Paola Valenzuela
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