Wednesday, April 17, 2019
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Smith-Buonanno Hall, Room 106
Free and open to the public
Reception to follow
A Boat to Lesbos and Other Poems, is Nouri Al-Jarrah’s first collection in English translation. This powerful epic poem was written while thousands of Syrian refugees were enduring frightening journeys across the Mediterranean before arriving on the small island, and set out like a Greek tragedy, also has editions in French, Italian, Turkish, Spanish, Persian, and forthcoming in Greek – a truly international response to the torment of the Syrian people during these last few years.
C.V. Starr Foundation Lectureship Fund
Literary Arts Program
Modern Greek Studies Program