From the moment pen is set to paper, all literature is inherently in dialogue: with predecessors, peers, canons, and its readers alike. Some literature goes a step further, though, centering the act of conversation as a core facet of the work.
Join poets Dunya Mikhail (Tablets: Secrets of the Clay) and Radu Vancu, for an exciting discussion on the power of dialogue in poetry. Moderated by poet and translator Nancy Naomi Carlson (transl. When We Only Have the Earth) these poets will explore how their poems engage in dialogue with other artists, writers, poets, and forms. From meditative discourses with ancient Sumerian tablets to ekphrastic poems, these works expose the poignance of exchange and dialogue in poetry. As literary translators, these poets will also reveal how translation informs their approach to writing poetry.
