Join us for a special evening with Emily Wilson, acclaimed translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey, hosted by the International Poetry Forum at Carnegie Music Hall (Oakland) on December 13, 2024.
Tickets for the event are on sale here. Free seats are available for all students, educators, librarians, and library/school staff & volunteers. For all others, use the code “LITTSBURGH” at check-out to receive 40% off your tickets!
Event Details:
- Doors open at 7:00 PM
- Reading & book signing at 8:00 PM
- Drinks will be available for purchase in the foyer before the reading (which guests are welcome to bring into the newly renovated Music Hall)
Copies of Dr. Wilson’s work will be available for purchase before and after the reading from City of Asylum Bookstore.
We hope you join us for this exciting event, which celebrates the relaunch of Pittsburgh’s storied International Poetry Forum. In the meantime, you can listen to recordings of Seamus Heaney, Gwendolyn Brooks, Chinua Achebe, Mary Oliver, Grace Kelly, Danny Glover, James Earl Jones, and hundreds more in the audio archives of the International Poetry Forum.
Thanks to the International Poetry Forum for providing our readers with this special discount!
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