April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, Catherine is reading at online two events this weekend. On Saturday, April 10, she joins John Foy, Myronn Hardy, Rachel Hadas, and David M. Katz to explore Carl Griffin's book-length long-poem response to the coronavirus outbreak. On Sunday, April 11, Virginia Poet Laureate Luisa Igloria convenes the Poetry Society of Virginia to highlight the role of poetry in civic engagement.
Reinventing Armenia: Poetry after the Genocide The years from 1915 to 1921 were the turning point in modern Armenian history, characterized by displacement and emigration. This brief selection of poems by iconic poets Nigoghos Sarafian, Paruyr Sevak, and Zahrad, along with an interview with the Armenian Poetry Project’s Director Lola Koundakjian, offers a sampling of the richness of post-genocide writing in this Year of the Armenian Book.