February 7, 2010, 11:43 am
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Poetry reading with Alfred Corn and Sam Hamill, 10 February, 2010, Bar La Poesía, Chile 502, esquina Bolívar, 19.30 hs. This will be a bilingual reading.

Alfred Corn is the author of nine books of poems, the most recent titled “Contradictions” (Copper Canyon Press). Also, he is the author of a collection of essays, “The Metamorphoses of Metaphor,” and a novel, “Part of His Story.” In 2008 the University of Michigan Press published “Atlas: Selected Essays, 1989-2007.” A new edition of “The Poem’s Heartbeat,” his study of prosody, has recently been brought out by Copper Canyon. Fellowships for his poetry include the Guggenheim, the NEA, an Award in Literature from the Academy of Arts and Letters, and one from the Academy of American Poets. He has taught at Yale, Columbia, and UCLA.

Sam Hamill, founder and publisher emeritus of Copper Canyon Press, has published numerous books of poetry and criticism. A collection of his poems, translated into Spanish by Esteban Moore, has appeared under the title “Los Ojos abiertos.”

http://shadowknifepenpoems.blogspot.com/

http://bainsidermag.com/blog/

http://thepowerofpoetryreadingseries.blogspot.com/

This reading organized by Esteban Moore.