6/8 Support PP Marilyn Buck Event!

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An event to support political prisoner Marilyn Buck

Sunday, June 8 @ 6:00 pm
at Bluestockings bookstore, 172 Allen St (b/n Stanton and Rivington),
Manhattan --
a reading and discussion of Cristina Peri Rossi's "State of Exile,"
translated by U.S. political prisoner Marilyn Buck. - free

In a collaboration across prison walls, continents and states of exile,
U.S. political prisoner and poet Marilyn Buck has translated "State of
Exile," the poems of Cristina Peri Rossi,
into English. The bilingual edition also includes two brilliant essays
on exile, one by Peri Rossi and the other by Marilyn Buck. Peri Rossi, a
lesbian poet, author, journalist and social activist, wrote these poems
in her first year of exile from Uruguay. Spare, beautiful, and fueled by
the experiences of forced migration, the poems are so personal that Peri
Rossi didn’t publish them for almost 30 years. Marilyn Buck has been in
prison for nearly that long. Join us for a book release celebration with
readings of the poems by Asha Bandele and others and a talk on Marilyn
Buck by attorney Soffiyah Elijah.

“State of Exile is a haunting work that sat for decades, awaiting, like
cicadas, its proper season. That time is now.” --Mumia Abu-Jamal

for more information: mbuckny@gmail.com

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Marilyn Buck, political prisoner at FCI Dublin, has translated and written an introduction to a book of poetry by Uruguayan poet Cristina Peri Rossi. Come celebrate this achievement and hear excerpts from this beautiful book at one of the book release parties happening in May. See below for full information.


Book Release Celebration!

STATE OF EXILE


By Cristina Peri Rossi Translated and with an introduction by Marilyn Buck

“State of Exile is a haunting work that sat for decades, awaiting, like cicadas, its proper season. That time is now.” --Mumia Abu-Jamal

In the first years of her exile from Uruguay, lesbian poet, author, journalist and social activist Cristina Peri Rossi penned an extraordinary collection of poems – spare, beautiful poems fueled by the experiences of forced migration, poems so personal, she didn’t publish them for almost 30 years.

Now, in a collaboration across prison walls, continents and states of exile, U.S. political prisoner and poet Marilyn Buck has translated Peri Rossi’s poems into English. The poems are accompanied by two brilliant essays on exile, one by Peri Rossi, written for Spanish publication in 2003, and the other by Marilyn Buck for this bi-lingual City Lights edition.
http://www.prisonactivist.org/pps+pows/marilynbuck/

Book Release Celebration!
City Lights Bookstore Wednesday, May 14 7pm
261 Columbus, San Francisco

Readers:
Devorah Majors
David Meltzer
Graciela Trevisan

La Pena Cultural Center Tuesday, May 20 7pm
3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley

Maisha Quint, MC

Readers:
Cherrie Moraga
Mitsuye Yamada
Graciela Trevisan

$10 donation





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