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We dn es da
y, S ep te
mber 21, 8:00 pm Th e Life of Poetry: A
Tr ib ut e t o M ur ie l R
u ke ys e r M ur i
el R uk ey se r (1 91
3- 19 80 ) is o ne o
f our c ou ntry' s most i nf luent i
al yet ne glec ted writers. She publi shed fif teen coll
ect i ons of p o etry, play s, t r an
slat ions , ch ildr
en 's b oo
k s ,
a n d
seve ral work s of
n o nfic tion . He r col lect i o
n of ess ays The Life of Poetry was repr inted b
y Paris Pr ess in 20 0 5 . Readers will inc l
ude E ileen Myle s, Ma
r ti n M o ra n,
Ho r t en se C al
is he r, E li za be th
Lorde-Rollins, Elean or Wilner, Marie Pons
o t a n d o
t he r s
pe ci al g
ue st s. P
articipants will ho nor Rukeyser's asse
rti on t hat li vi ng wi
t h th e ar ts ,
e sp ec ia ll y po et
ry , he lp s us t o
respo nd t o the world a ro und u s
with all our sen ses, resi sting num bnes s, a pathy, an
d t h e pa raly s is of fear . Th e y
will rea d pa ssag
es f ro m
t h e
e s s a
ys i n Th e Li fe o
f P oetr y an d of f er t heir r
esponses to the work, to Rukeys er's con tributi
o n to lite rature, a n d to the i ntegratio n
of a rt in to ev eryda
y l if e . T hi s
e v e nt w i l l
al so c el eb ra te t
he 10th anniversary o f Paris Press. Co-spo
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