James Thomas Stevens
James Thomas Stevens
Reading Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2003
Welcome-12774
by Frances Sjoberg
Introduction-12775
by Sherwin Bitsui
"Sustaining This Massive Shade"-12776
Stevens, James Thomas. Combing the Snakes from His Hair. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2002.
"Three Translations from the Mohawk"-12777
Stevens, James Thomas. Combing the Snakes from His Hair. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2002.
Excerpts from "The Ritual of Condolence"-12778
"II. Ears or Hearing," "III. Throat," "IV. Within His Breast," "XII. The Woman and Warrior," and "XIII. Anything Can Happen On Earth, Even Insanity"
Annotation:
Stevens, James Thomas. Combing the Snakes from His Hair. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2002.
"Lacrosse Night-Iroquoia"-12779
Stevens, James Thomas. A Bridge Dead in the Water. Great Wilbraham: Salt Publishing, 2007.
"Canal"-12780
Stevens, James Thomas. A Bridge Dead in the Water. Great Wilbraham: Salt Publishing, 2007.
"(dis)Orient"-12781
Differs from published version.
Annotation:
Stevens, James Thomas. A Bridge Dead in the Water. Great Wilbraham: Salt Publishing, 2007.
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Series: Fall Reading Series, Next Word in Poetry
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): Modern Languages Auditorium
James Thomas Stevens reads poems from Combing the Snakes from His Hair (2002), as well as poems that would later be collected in A Bridge Dead in the Water (2007). This reading was originally given with Matthea Harvey and Olena Kalytiak Davis for the Next Word in Poetry Series.
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