Join OSTI for Two Readings for Peace
November 4th & 5th
Join us on November 4th at PSU (5:30 p.m.) for a reading hosted by OSTI Director Malcolm Goldman at Portland State University or on November 5th at Broadway Books (6:00 p.m.) for an Election Night Reading for Peace.
Kim Stafford and the co-editor will be present at both events.
Save the date for other readings November 24th, December 7th, and in the New Year.
Reading & Discussion at Portland State University
Translations from
A Proclamation for Peace
(a poem by Kim Stafford, translated for the world)
This translation project grew from a collaboration between former Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford and OSTI.
Our goal was to send a message of peace and hope around the world by translating Kim's poem "A Proclamation for Peace" into as many world languages as possible.
The result is a book with over 50 translations, published by Little Infinities (Portland, Oregon) this autumn.
A Proclamation for Peace includes translations into Arabic and Hebrew, Ukrainian and Russian, and Tibetan and Mandarin.
The book is dedicated "To the children everywhere."
Join German translator Malcolm Goldman, who will be hosting Kim Stafford, Allison deFreese, and translators working into Pashto, Portuguese, Tamil, Thai, and other languages for this event for peace at Portland State University. Reading is at Fariborz Maseeh Hall (FMH), room 333. Enter at the doors on Broadway, 1855 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201 before 5:30 p.m.
Space is limited at PSU, so please RSVP for this reading and discussion if you plan to attend!
Guests, friends, family, students, and faculty are also welcome. We hope to see you there!
Can't attend the PSU reading November 4th?
Join OSTI, Kim Stafford and OSTI on:
- November 5th for an Election Night Reading for Peace at Broadway Books (6:00 p.m.), 1714 NE Broadway in PDX.
Sincerely,
The OSTI Board
Photo credit, Michael Nye.
The girl is holding a poem by Mahmoud Darwish. Here is an excerpt translated by Aziz Shihab:
I long for my mother’s bread
And my mother’s coffee
And my mother’s touch
And my childhood grows up
One day following days full of patience
And I love my life
Because if I die
My mother’s tears will shame me