READING AND CRAFT TALK SERIES

Joan Kane
In Other Words: Poetry in Translation
Tuesday, March 6th, 7 - 8:30 pm
Metro Books
530 E. Benson Blvd. Suite 9
(907) 279-8266

What is the function of translation work in generating new poems and revisiting bodies of writing? How resilient are poetic conventions as writers read, write, and translate poems across languages? This craft talk will touch on fluency, poetic license, and writing triggers.

Joan Kane is Inupiaq with family from King Island and Mary's Igloo, Alaska. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and her M.F.A. from Columbia University and is the author of The Cormorant Hunter’s Wife, for which she received a 2009 Whiting Writers’ Award. Her recent honors include a National Native Creative Development grant, a Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Award, and a Fellowship from the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the Alaska Arts and Cultures Foundation. Along with her husband and sons, she lives in Anchorage, Alaska.

WRITERS
Our Reading and Craft Talk series provides opportunities for published authors to address informal audiences on topics related to writing. Typically held at Metro Books in Anchorage, these free talks generally begin with a 5-7 minute reading followed by a 20-30 minute craft talk followed by a question and answer session and book signings.  Book availability is arranged directly between the author and Metro Books. 49 Writers typically schedules no more than six Reading and Craft Talks per year. Reading and Craft Talks must be scheduled at least two weeks in advance.  If books need to be ordered for signing, a minimum of four weeks notice is required. Click here to schedule a Reading and Craft Talk.

Author Katey Schultz (Flashes of War)
reads at the Reading and Craft Talk event at
Metro Books on Feb. 8, 2012.