Semezdin Mehmedinović
Semezdin Mehmedinović
Reading Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2005
- Introduction
- Opening Remarks and "Corpse"
- "Loss"
- "Corpse"
- "August, 1989"
- "Alifakovac"
- "Stranger"
- "Deserter"
- "A Martyr's Resting Place"
- "Kids"
- "War"
- "Datumi"
- "Dates"
- "Nine Alexandrias"
- "Sufism"
- "Pound"
- "East and West"
- "Functions of the Heart"
- "JFK"
- "Myth and Text"
- "Moorish Fountain"
- "Open Dialogue"
- "For the Sorrow of a Continent"
- Excerpts from "This Door is Not an Exit"
- Excerpts from "This Door is Not an Exit"
- Excerpt from "This Door is Not an Exit"
- Excerpt from "This Door is Not an Exit"
- Excerpt from "This Door is Not an Exit"
- Question and Answer Session 1
- Question and Answer Session 2
- Question and Answer Session 3
Introduction-10785
by Theresa Sotto
Opening Remarks and "Corpse"-10787
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Sarajevo Blues. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 1998.
"Loss"-10789
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Sarajevo Blues. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 1998.
"Corpse"-10791
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Sarajevo Blues. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 1998.
"August, 1989"-10793
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Sarajevo Blues. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 1998.
"Alifakovac"-10795
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Sarajevo Blues. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 1998.
"Stranger"-10797
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Sarajevo Blues. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 1998.
"Deserter"-10799
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Sarajevo Blues. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 1998.
"A Martyr's Resting Place"-10801
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Sarajevo Blues. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 1998.
"Kids"-10803
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Sarajevo Blues. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 1998.
"War"-10805
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Sarajevo Blues. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 1998.
"Datumi"-10807
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Sarajevo blues: pojmovnik opsjednutog grada. Ljubljana: Vodnikova domacija, 1993.
"Dates"-10809
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Sarajevo Blues. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 1998.
"Nine Alexandrias"-10811
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Nine Alexandrias. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 2003.
"Sufism"-10813
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Nine Alexandrias. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 2003.
"Pound"-10815
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Nine Alexandrias. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 2003.
"East and West"-10817
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Nine Alexandrias. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 2003.
"Functions of the Heart"-10819
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Nine Alexandrias. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 2003.
"JFK"-10821
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Nine Alexandrias. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 2003.
"Myth and Text"-10823
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Nine Alexandrias. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 2003.
"Moorish Fountain"-10825
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Nine Alexandrias. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 2003.
"Open Dialogue"-10827
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Nine Alexandrias. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 2003.
"For the Sorrow of a Continent"-10829
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Nine Alexandrias. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 2003.
Excerpts from "This Door is Not an Exit"-10831
"In one of those parking lots in McLean..."; "In the garden of a restaurant in a reddish colored..."; "Desolate February morning, I stumble..."
Annotation:
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Nine Alexandrias. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 2003.
Excerpts from "This Door is Not an Exit"-10833
"I stop brooding as soon as I..."; "I never had a house of my own..."
Annotation:
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Nine Alexandrias. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 2003.
Excerpt from "This Door is Not an Exit"-10835
"Ramona and I fold sheets in the..." Read first in the original Bosnian, then in English translation.
Annotation:
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Nine Alexandrias. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 2003.
Excerpt from "This Door is Not an Exit"-10837
"At the fish market on the Potomac I think of my..." Read first in the original Bosnian, then in English translation.
Annotation:
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Nine Alexandrias. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 2003.
Excerpt from "This Door is Not an Exit"-10839
"The sun went down right..." Read first in the original Bosnian, then in English translation.
Annotation:
Mehmedinovic, Semezdin. Nine Alexandrias. Trans. Ammiel Alcalay. San Francisco: City Lights, 2003.
Question and Answer Session 1-10841
Question and Answer Session 2-10843
Question and Answer Session 3-10845
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