OPEN STACKS | #32 Home for the Holidays: David Ferry, Mai Der Vang, Emily Yoon, Zhou Sivan, José Ángel N., Erika L. Sanchez, & José Ángel Navejas
December 17th, 2017
This holiday season on Open Stacks, we share stories of migration and displacement.
Poet David Ferry reads from his translation of Vergil's Aeneid. Poets Mai Der Vang, Emily Yoon, and Zhou Sivan share stories of conflict and migration. José Ángel N. & Erika L. Sanchez discuss the immigrant experience.
Stop by 57th Street Books for our free poetry gumball machine, which includes poems from Ferry and others.
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