A Room in Jerusalem

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A evening of experimental and emerging voices in Italian poetry featuring work read in the original Italian and in English translation by poet/translators Joshua Adams, Chris Glomski, Francesco Levato, and special guest Tiziano Fratus, from Turin, Italy. Fratus will read from his recent book, A Room in Jerusalem. Poets whose work will be presented include: Francesco Giuntini, Giacomo Leopardi, Eugenio Montale, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Eugenio De Signoribus, Emanuel Carnevali, Nino Gennaro and Tiziano Fratus. This event is sponsored by UniVerse of Poetry and is being recorded forbroadcast by WBEZ Chicago Public Radio for Chicago Amplified. 

“A Room in Jerusalem”
Tiziano Fratus (trad. Gail McDowell)
Farfalla Press / McMillan & Parrish, Brooklyn, 2008

Una donna. Un soldato. Il sesso. La difesa. Una fuga. La conquista. Il muro. Due popoli. La terra. Gerusalemme.
Il volume include il poema in dieci movimenti “Una stanza a Gerusalemme”, pubblicato in Italia ne “Il Vangelo della Carne” (trad. “Flesh Gospel”), Edizioni Torino Poesia, Torino, 2008.

A Woman. A Soldier. The Sex. The Defence. An Escape. The Conquest. The Wall. Two Peoples. The Land. Jerusalem.
The volume includes a poem in ten movements “A Room in Jerusalem”, published in Italy in the “Il Vangelo della Carne” (trad. “Flesh Gospel”), Edizioni Torino Poesia, Turin, 2008.

Illustrazione in copertina / cover illustration: Giacomo Sampieri, Motel, olio su tela, 2006, Courtesy of Galleria Bianca Maria Rizzi, Milano.

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Ora e luogo

Data:	mercoledì 10 dicembre 2008
Ora:	19.00 – 21.00
Luogo:	Th!ink Art International art gallery
Città/Paese:	Chicago, IL