Poetry @ Princeton

Tuesday Nov. 29 6pm Labyrinth Bookstore First coined in 1628, the term 'blackacre' is a legal fiction, a hypothetical estate. It is also a password among lawyers marking one’s initiation into a centuries-old tradition of legal indoctrination. Monica Youn’s fascinating, multifaceted new collection, "Blackacre," uses the term to suggest landscape, legacy, what is allotted to […]

Bob Perelman: A Reading Wednesday, 11/30 4:30pm Sponsored by the Contemporary Poetry Colloquium. Contact Cate Mahoney for more details. Location TBA.

A talk with Dr. Fatemeh Keshavarz Director, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, University of Maryland   Sa’di (b. 1203), the master of eloquence, the lover (mystic and otherwise), the seasoned traveler, and the maker and teacher of ethical rules has a complex poetic persona with multiple faces, some quite colorful. And just as his language does […]