The Poems of Edouard Glissant

Dear all,

Please come and celebrate one of the greatest voices of Martinique!

World renowned martinican writer Edouard Glissant
who has recently been appointed by French President Jacques Chirac, Chairman of the French National Center Dedicated to Slavery, will participate into a reading and discussion of world poetry and postcolonial literature April 27th at 7:00pm.

The discussion will also feature Professor Michael Dash and poet Jayne Cortez.

Location: Poets House 72 Spring Street, 2nd floor, New York NY 10012.

On April 28th you are invited to Visiting Edouard Glissant,
featuring French jazz composer Bernard Lubat and Jayne Cortez, renowned poet and Jazz performer.

Location: Graduate Center of CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue (34th street & Fifth avenue), 7:00pm Elebash Recital Hall.

Admission to both events is free.
Come, tell your friends and do not miss this magnificent archipelago of poetry!

More on both events

Thursday April 27, 7pm
Archipelagos of Poetry and Politics:
A Reading and Conversation
With Édouard Glissant and J. Michael Dash
Introduction by Jayne Cortez
Readings by Brent Edwards.

Admission Free.
A reading and discussion of world poetry, postcolonial literature, and translation.

Born in Martinique in 1928, Édouard Glissant has emerged as one of the most influential postcolonial theorists, novelists, playwrights, and poets in the Caribbean and French letters.





J. Michael Dash is Professor of French at NYU.








Jayne Cortez is the author of many books and recordings of poetry performed with jazz.







Brent Edwards teaches at Rutgers University.

Presented in conjunction with PEN World Voices: The New York Festival of International Literature

The Ph.D. Program in French, The Graduate Center
Invites you to Celebrate The Publication
of the Complete Poetic Oeuvre in English Of Edouard Glissant
Translated by Jeff Humphreys. Published by University of Minnesota Press

THE POEMS OF EDOUARD GLISSANT
In Concert with
BERNARD LUBAT
Premier French Jazz Composer and Performer
And
JAYNE CORTEZ
Renowned poet and jazz performer
"visiting Edouard Glissant"

Friday April 28, 7 PM
Elebash Recital Hall
The Graduate Center of CUNY

With the generous support of the AFAA, the Henri Peyre French Institute, the Services Culturels of the French Embassy in New York, and the Department of Romance Languages, Hunter College of CUNY
The event is free and open to the public. Please note that seating fills up quickly and event begins on time.

The Graduate Center is located at 34th Street and 5th avenue,
365 5th avenue, NY. 10016.
For information, call: 212-817-8365
or contact the French Ph.D. Program at French@gc.cuny.edu