Sawako Nakayasu
Sawako Nakayasu
Reading Date: Thursday, March 22, 2018
- Welcome
- Introduction
- Opening Remarks
- "Some Girls Walk Into the Country They Are From"
- "Girls Rolling Themselves"
- "From Crow's-eye View: Poem Number One" (by Yi Sang)
- "Bright Sun in the Head of the Girls"
- "Girl B Has Brought a Giant Sheet with Her, Continued"
- "Four Girls Pool Their Breasts Together for a Total of Eight"
- "Love"
- "Ant Heart"
- "We the Heathens"
- "Backside" (by Chika Sagawa)
- "Untitled Poem" (by Frances Chung)
- "Animal Magnetism" (by Harry Crosby)
- "Waves" (by Chika Sagawa)
- "Afternoon" (by Chika Sagawa)
- "Abnormal Reversible Reaction" (by Yi Sang)
- "Has the Straight Line Murdered the Circle" (by Yi Sang)
- "Fragment Scenery" (by Yi Sang)
- "Bright Sun in the Head of the Girls, Translation Number One"
- "Deflated Rubber Turkey"
- "That Time Girl F Walked Into a Bubble Bath With All Her Clothes On"
- "Mountain Girls"
- "Cute"
- "In a Plastic Bag of Jell-O with Nine Other Girls"
- "Deflated Rubber Turkey, Translation Number Two"
- Question and Answer Session
Welcome-27168
by Tyler Meier
Introduction-27170
by Sarah Kortemeier
Opening Remarks-27172
by Sawako Nakayasu
"Some Girls Walk Into the Country They Are From"-27174
Uncollected.
"Girls Rolling Themselves"-27176
Uncollected.
"From Crow's-eye View: Poem Number One" (by Yi Sang)-27178
Uncollected translation.
"Bright Sun in the Head of the Girls"-27180
Uncollected.
"Girl B Has Brought a Giant Sheet with Her, Continued"-27182
Uncollected.
"Four Girls Pool Their Breasts Together for a Total of Eight"-27184
Uncollected.
"Love"-27186
Nakayasu, Sawako. The Ants. Los Angeles: Les Figues Press, 2014.
"Ant Heart"-27188
Nakayasu, Sawako. The Ants. Los Angeles: Les Figues Press, 2014.
"We the Heathens"-27190
Nakayasu, Sawako. The Ants. Los Angeles: Les Figues Press, 2014.
"Backside" (by Chika Sagawa)-27192
Nakayasu, Sawako with Chika Sagawa. Mouth: Eats Color: Sagawa Chika Translations, Anti-Translations, & Originals. Tokyo: Rogue Factorial, 2011.
"Untitled Poem" (by Frances Chung)-27194
Nakayasu, Sawako with Chika Sagawa. Mouth: Eats Color: Sagawa Chika Translations, Anti-Translations, & Originals. Tokyo: Rogue Factorial, 2011.
"Animal Magnetism" (by Harry Crosby)-27196
Nakayasu, Sawako with Chika Sagawa. Mouth: Eats Color: Sagawa Chika Translations, Anti-Translations, & Originals. Tokyo: Rogue Factorial, 2011.
"Waves" (by Chika Sagawa)-27198
Nakayasu, Sawako with Chika Sagawa. Mouth: Eats Color: Sagawa Chika Translations, Anti-Translations, & Originals. Tokyo: Rogue Factorial, 2011.
"Afternoon" (by Chika Sagawa)-27200
Nakayasu, Sawako with Chika Sagawa. Mouth: Eats Color: Sagawa Chika Translations, Anti-Translations, & Originals. Tokyo: Rogue Factorial, 2011.
"Abnormal Reversible Reaction" (by Yi Sang)-27202
Uncollected translation.
"Has the Straight Line Murdered the Circle" (by Yi Sang)-27204
Uncollected translation.
"Fragment Scenery" (by Yi Sang)-27206
Uncollected translation.
"Bright Sun in the Head of the Girls, Translation Number One"-27208
Uncollected.
"Deflated Rubber Turkey"-27210
Uncollected.
"That Time Girl F Walked Into a Bubble Bath With All Her Clothes On"-27212
Nakayasu, Sawako. from Some Girls Walk Into the Country They Are From. Brooklyn: Belladonna* Collaborative, 2017.
"Mountain Girls"-27214
Nakayasu, Sawako. from Some Girls Walk Into the Country They Are From. Brooklyn: Belladonna* Collaborative, 2017.
"Cute"-27216
Uncollected.
"In a Plastic Bag of Jell-O with Nine Other Girls"-27218
Nakayasu, Sawako. from Some Girls Walk Into the Country They Are From. Brooklyn: Belladonna* Collaborative, 2017.
"Deflated Rubber Turkey, Translation Number Two"-27220
Uncollected.
Question and Answer Session-27222
To request a transcript or a captioned version of this audio or video material as a disability-related accommodation, please contact poetry@email.arizona.edu or 520-626-3765.
Series: Hannelore Quander-Rattee Translation Series, Spring Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): UA Poetry Center
Sawako Nakayasu gives a performance of poetry and translations, including both uncollected work and work published in Mouth: Eats Color (2011), The Ants (2014), and from Some Girls Walk Into the Country They Are From (2017).

readingComments