Event
Poetry in Translation Indigenous Showcase
Wed Apr 10: 6.30pm
$5/10/15 sliding scale; No one turned away for lack of funds
Students are free!
About
** Curated in partnership with Claudia Castro Luna, Washington State Poet Laureate! Co-presented with Indigenous Latinx Exhibit at Vermillion Gallery, Humanities Washington, and ArtsWA. Ken Workman will present the Welcoming at this event! He is the great, great, great, great Grandson of Chief Sealth. He speaks Lushootseed in his welcomings **
The Poetry in Translation reading series showcases the literary traditions of Seattle's immigrant and Native communities by sharing these groups' poetry and song in their original languages and in their equivalent English translation. This quarterly series aims to inspire and broaden the city's literary scene. It is a celebration of the poetries, literary traditions and cultural contributions these communities make toward Seattle's quality of life.
This episode will feature readings by indigenous poets alongside a screening of Water is Life by Tracy Rector, a monochrome tone poem in Duwamish language from the people of Chief Sealth, and "Cándida" by Irma Pineda, a bilingual visual poem in Spanish and Isthmus Zapotec.
Participating poets:
Duane Niatum
Poet, fiction writer, playwright, and editor Duane Niatum has been has been writing poems, stories and essays for over 50 years. Born Duane McGinniss in Seattle, he adopted the name of one of his SKlallam tribal ancestors early in his career as a poet. As a child and youth, he studied SKlallam tribal ways with his maternal grandfather. At age 17, Niatum joined the Navy and was stationed in Japan. He earned a BA from the University of Washington, where he studied with Theodore Roethke and Elizabeth Bishop, an MA from Johns Hopkins University, and a PhD in American culture from the University of Michigan.
Niatum's writing is deeply connected with the Northwest coast landscape, its mountains, forests, water and creatures. The legends and traditions of his ancestors help shape and animate his poetry. He has published numerous collections of poetry, including Ascending Red Moon Cedar (1974); Song for the Harvester of Dreams (1980), which won the Before Columbus Foundations American Book Award; and Drawings of the Song Animals: New and Selected Poems (1991). His more current books of poetry are The Crooked Beak of Love (2000), The Pull of the Green Kite (2011), Agate Songs on the Path of Red Cedar (2011) and Earth Vowels (2017).
fabian romero
fabian romero (Purepécha) is a two spirit poet, filmmaker, artist and P.h.D. student in Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies at the University of Washington. fabians academic and artistic interests integrate settler colonialism, Performance Studies, racial capitalism with storytelling and poetry. Their work centers Purépecha people from Michoacán, Mexico to Seattle, Washington and beyond.
www.fabianromero.com/
Sasha LaPointe
Sasha LaPointe (Tacoma) is from the Upper Skagit and Nooksack Indian Tribe. Native to the Pacific Northwest, she draws inspiration from her coastal heritage as well as from her life in Seattle. She writes with a focus on trauma and resilience, ranging topics from PTSD, sexual violence, the work her great grandmother did for the Coast Salish language revitalization, to loud basement punk shows and what it means to grow up mixed heritage. She has completed a memoir in which she explores the aftermath of sexual assault, first love, and drawing strength from her lineage. Her work has appeared in Hunger Mountain, The Rumpus Literary Journal, Indian Country Today, Luna Luna Magazine, The Yellow Medicine Review, The Portland Review, AS/Us Journal, THE Magazine, and Aborted Society Online Zine. She has recently graduated with an MFA through The Institute of American Indian Arts with a focus on creative nonfiction and poetry.
Sasha received 2018 GAP Award funding for her new memoir, RED PAINT, to research the lives of her Coast Salish ancestors, unearthing their stories in order to give them voice through her research and writing.
About Claudia Castro Luna
http://www.castroluna.com
Claudia Castro Luna is Washingtons State Poet Laureate (20182020) and served as Seattles inaugural Civic Poet (2015-2017). She is the author the collection Killing Marías (Two Sylvias) finalist for the WA State Book Award 2018, the chapbook This City (Floating Bridge) and the digital project Seattle Poetic Grid. Born in El Salvador she came to the United States in 1981. Living in English and Spanish, Claudia writes and teaches in Seattle where she gardens and keeps chickens with her husband and their three children.
Co-presented by yehaw
yehaw is a year-long Indigenous community-based project culminating in the inaugural exhibition at Seattle Office Of Arts & Cultures ARTS at King Street Station opening on March 23, 2019. The exhibition is accompanied by a mentorship training cohort, satellite shows, residencies, vendor opportunities and partner programs. yhaw will feature the work of 200+ Indigenous creatives at over 20 sites across Seattle and beyond. Curated by Tracy Rector (Choctaw/Seminole), Asia Tail (Cherokee), and Satpreet Kahlon, this project series will celebrate the depth and diversity of Indigenous art made in the Pacific Northwest.
Learn more at yehawshow.com and follow @yehawshow on Instagram or Facebook.
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LocationNorthwest Film Forum (View)
1515 12th Ave
Seattle, WA 98122
United States
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