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John Ashbery Translations of Rimbaud "Illusminations" at The Poetry Project @ St Mark Church
Courtesy of Peyrafitte | Posted on March 10, 2011
Where
The Poetry Project @ St Mark Church
131 E 10th St
New York, NY
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When
Wed, April 27, 2011
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Musicians
Nicole Peyrafitte
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At last! John Ashbery’s translation of French poet Arthur Rimbaud’s final masterpiece before abandoning poetry at the age of 21, Illuminations (Norton, 2011) has been published. Ashbery’s rendering of all forty-four poems powerfully evokes the kaleidoscopic beauty of the original and creates “a vision of postdiluvian freshness” out of “the chaos of ice floes and the polar night.” This is a major literary event and we are going to celebrate it with poets and musicians Edwin Torres, Anne Tardos, Nicole Peyrafitte, Franklin Bruno, David Shapiro, Bree Brenton, Julie Patton, Madeline Gins, Richard Hell, Evi Jundt, Anna Williams and Sharon Mesmer...