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2017: Corrosive Power: A Reading and Conversation with Athena Farrokhzad & Noemi Jaffe

Athena Farrokhzad & Noemi Jaffe
Swedish poet Athena Farrokhzad, author of White Blight, appears with her translator Jennifer Hayashida, and Brazilian poet Noemi Jaffe, author of What are the Blind Men Dreaming?, appears with her translators Julia Sanches and Ellen Elias-Bursać. Together, they discuss the borders of power, gender, language, place, and identity, examining where they intersect and diverge.
(Full audio Approx. 1 hr 30 mins)