Entries from Key West Literary Seminar | Audio Archives tagged with 'Kent Johnson'

Forrest Gander: 2003

Forrest Gander is the author of several collections of poetry, essays, and the novel <em>As a Friend,</em> published by New Directions in 2008. He has translated the works of several Latin American poets including Coral Bracho and Pura Lopez-Colome; and is the editor and co-translator with Kent Johnson of two books by Bolivian poet Jaime S&aacute;enz. In this recording from 2003, Gander reads a selection from his body of work, including an early version of &quot;Present Tense,&quot; (its first public reading); a translation of S&aacute;enz's &quot;Someone Must Be Called Twilight;&quot; and, from the collections <em>Science &amp; Steepleflower</em> and <em>Torn Awake</em>, &quot;To Live Without Solace&quot; and &quot;To The Reader.&quot;<br />