August is Women in Translation Month, and I'm thrilled to again be hosting this reading on August 8 sponsored by the Muse Writers Center and the Poetry Society of Virginia. Please join us on Zoom for work in translation from Mexico and Myanmar along with US women writers exploring the impact of other languages and traditions on their writing in English. With Chenda Bao, Kurt Hackbarth, Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Tamara León, Sahar Muradi, and Thawda Aye Lei.
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.