Pulitzer, prize-winning poet Peter Balakian will read and discuss his poetry and prose with a focus on Armenian historical and cultural memory and disaporan imagination. In his many books of poems and his memoir Black Dog of Fate, Balakian has explored, in his distinct poetic form and elliptical language, traumatic intergenerational memory of the Armenian Genocide, as well as the power and beauty of Armenian culture, including visual art, architecture, music and Armenia’s dramatic, natural landscapes.

Date: Monday, April 22
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: University Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium

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For more information, or to register, contact Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian at 559.278.2669.