Anne M. Carson and slavery in ancient Greece

Thursday, 2 November 2017 - 9:00am to 9:30am
Anne M. Carson, poet

Writing on The Wall by Anne M. Carson is a long poem that takes as its starting point the name of freed slaves on a wall in Delphi. This long poem imagines the life of a man whose father was captured in the Persian War and who must navigate freedom for the first time. Read by Anne M. Carson and Di Cousens.

Thursday 9:00am to 9:30am
A program dedicated to the eclectic world of poetry and performance. Guests are contemporary poets who read and discuss their works.

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Di Cousens, Indrani Perera, Tina Giannoukos, and Waffle IronGirl

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