SWET Kansai will host a poetry reading by Cid Corman, renowned American poet, essayist, and translator, on November 17, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., at CC’s, a cafe in north-central Kyoto. Among his several volumes of poetry, Nothing Doing is a recent selection (New Directions, 2000). His translations of Basho, Issa, and Shiki include Back Roads to Far Towns, a version of Oku no Hosomichi unmatched for its lyrical intensity. As the founding editor of the literary journal Origin, he created a forum and audience for the work of Robert Creeley, Charles Olson, Denise Levertov, and Gary Snyder.

A Q&A-style discussion will follow the reading. The cafe is located on Marutamachi-dori, a few blocks west of Senbon-dori, about ten minutes from JR Sanyo’s Nijo or Enmachi stations. See the [url=http://www.cc-s.net/]map[/url] for details. (0120-4790-18/075-801-4790).

For more details, contact Eugene Tarshis at 07 8-241-0619 (T/F) or eugenetarshis@yahoo.com

Read an interview with Cid Corman:

[url=http://www.flashpointmag.com/corman1.htm]In Flashpoint magazine[/url] 

Date: November 17, 2002
Time: 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Place: CC’s ([url=http://www.cc-s.net/]map[/url])
Cost: ?1,000 members; ?1,500 nonmembers