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Persian Arts Festival at the Bowery Poetry Club
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| poetry |
| Date And Time |
| 6:00 PM Wednesday, Oct 14 |
| Event Area |
| New York Metro |
| Event Location |
| Bowery Poetry Club |
| Description |
| Please join us for our next Shab-e She’r series will featuring poet and translator Sassan Tabatabai on October 14 at 6 PM. The reading will be followed by an open mic, inviting everyone to read their poetry or works by other poets, in Persian or English, bearing some connection to Iran or Iranian/Persian culture. The Bowery Poetry club is located at 308 Bowery, (Between Houston and Bleecker). Take the 6th to Bleecker, F/V to Sccond Ave. For more info please call 212-614-0505 or bowerypoetry.com.
This performance will be streamed LIVE at www.bowerypoetry.com!
Born in Tehran, Iran in 1967 and having lived in the United
States since 1980, Sassan’s work has appeared in a number of
publications including Levathan Quarterly, Seneca Review, Literary
Imagination, Pusteblume: Journal of Translation and The Christian
Science Monitor. He is the author of Father of Songs: Rudaki and his
Poetry (Rozenberg/Purdue UP, 2008) and the forthcoming Uzunburun:
Poems (Pen and Anvil Press, 2009). He is also Poetry Editor of The
Republic of Letters. Tabatabai holds a Ph.D. in Persian Literature
from Boston University where he currently teaches Persian and the
Humanities. Persian Arts Festival (PAF) has successfully revived Shab-e She’r, A Night of (Persian) Poetry, at the Bowery Poetry Club (BPC) but with a modern, new generational spin. The program has made its comeback and expanded what tends to be a very classical Persian tradition to feature modern works of literature, ranging from fictional novels to memoirs. Entering into its third season, PAF and BPC continue to host readings of well-established and emerging authors who are of Persian descent or specialize in Persian literature. Readers have included
Nahid Rachlin, Manijeh Nasrabadi and Joe Martin to name a few.
Hosting between 20 and 30 shows a week the Bowery Poetry Club is proud of our place in the lineage of populist art: the Yiddish theater, burlesque, vaudeville, beat poetry, jazz, and punk that gave the Bowery its name.
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garyglaznerpoet@gmail.com
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| Website |
| http://bowerypoetry.com |
| Contact Info
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| Contact:
Gary Glazner
Managing Director
Bowery Poetry Club
garyglaznerpoet@gmail.com
212-614-0505 office
505-577-2250 cell
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| Event Posted by Gary Glazner at 2009-10-05 13:44 |
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