Workshop: Reshaping The Stories That Make Us

Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

This workshop, led by memoirist and medical professional Theresa Brown, R.N., will guide participants through  a process of breaking down medical documents & rearranging the given words, thus allowing them to examine the interplay between a medicalized and a personal understanding of their bodymind’s experience.

Where Are the Women in Translation?

Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

This panel presents a moderated conversation between three distinguished women in the literary field, Ebru Ojen, Yu Miri, and Marit Kapla, as they discuss what goes into writing the experiences of women and what it’s like to have those experiences be translated into different languages.

From Idea to Translation: Masterclass with Marit Kapla

Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

This workshop offers a Masterclass in literature with author Marit Kapla. Marit will discuss how she wrote her book Osebol, which has been translated into four languages including Spanish, its most recent translation.

Jazz Poetry Concert & Collaboration

Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

This special program presents a jazz concert featuring Mat Maneri (performing with the ASH Quartet). The jazz set is followed by a jazz and poetry collaboration with poet Denver Butson and four poets from our partnership with the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program, Busisiwe Mahlangu, Saba Hamzah, Yashika Graham, and Tammy Lai-Ming Ho. 

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