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Writers Read at Concordia is pleased to present American poet, editor, translator and human rights advocate Carolyn Forché for a public reading on Friday, March 14, 2014 at 7PM in room 767 of the Henry F. Hall Building (H-767) at Concordia University (1455 De Maisonneuve W. Blvd.).

Renowned as a “poet of witness,” Carolyn Forché is the author of four books of poetry. Her first poetry collection, Gathering The Tribes (Yale University Press, 1976), won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award. In 1977, she traveled to Spain to translate the work of Salvadoran-exiled poet Claribel Alegría, and upon her return, received a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, which enabled her to travel to El Salvador, where she worked as a human rights advocate. Her second book, The Country Between Us (Harper and Row, 1982), received the Poetry Society of America’s Alice Fay di Castagnola Award, and was also the Lamont Selection of the Academy of American Poets. Her third book of poetry, The Angel of History (HarperCollins, 1994), was chosen for The Los Angeles Times Book Award. Blue Hour is her fourth collection of poems (HarperCollins, 2003). She is currently at work on a memoir of her years in El Salvador, Lebanon, South Africa, and France.

Listen to Carolyn Forché read her chilling poem “The Ghost of Heaven” by clicking the image below. Forché will be visiting us on FRIDAY at 7pm at Concordia University’s Hall Building (H-767). See you soon!

In case you’d like a taste of what you’re in for one week from now, here’s a poem by Carolyn Forché from her book The Country Between Us, available online thanks to the Poetry Foundation. Forché will be visiting us at Concordia on Friday, March 14th at 7Pm (Hall Building, H-767).  (Click on poem to see the whole thing).

Here is an article by Sara DuBreuil who speaks to Carolyn Forché about her poetic practice and the experience of looking at humanitarian issues “through the eyes of poets.” We, at Writers Read, are very much looking forward to Forché’s visit Friday, March 14th at 7PM (Concordia’ Hall Building, H-767). See you there! 

Here’s a taste of what you will get to experience at Carolyn Forché’s upcoming free public reading on Friday, March 14th at Concordia University (Hall Building H-767) at 7PM. We’re lucky to have her visit us. Don’t miss out! 

Check out this fascinating article in The New Yorker by Robyn Creswell about Carolyn Forché’s ongoing project of “reinventing the political lyric.” Forché will be a featured at Writers Read Concordia March 14th. Join us for a free public reading at 7PM in the Hall Building H-767.