"When we read the poem as witness, we are marked by it and become ourselves witnesses to what it has made present before us. Language incises the page, wounding it with testimonial presence, and the reader is marked by encounter with that presence. Witness begets witness. The text we read becomes a living archive." -- … Continue reading To Hell and Back, With Poetry
Carolyn Forché reads “Ourselves or Nothing”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jIiRvFRj18 Listen to Carolyn Forché read her powerful poem dedicated to Terrence Des Pres. Forché will be visiting Concordia University with Writers Read on March 14th. Don't miss out!
Writers Read: Concordia university's reading Series 