Un-American Poetry

An evening of UN-AMERICAN POETRY at the Writers House. A conversation about writing, translation, globalization, politics in the Middle East, the foreign poet's relation to language, the foreigner's relation to nation, contemporary American, Israeli, Turkish and Bosnian poetry, and more.

Participating authors: Ammiel Alcalay, Ben Hollander, and Murat Nemet-Nejat

Reading

• Introduction (7:59): MP3
• Ammiel Alcalay (15:54): MP3
• Ben Hollander (20:58): MP3
• Murat Nemet-Nejat (18:38): MP3

Discussion

complete discussion (33:00): MP3

Hosted on March 22, 2001, by the Kelly Writers House

These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the authors. © 2014 Ammiel Alcalay, Ben Hollander, and Murat Nemet-Nejat. Used with permission of Ammiel Alcalay, Ben Hollander, and Murat Nemet-Nejat. Distributed by PennSound.