Please come and witness the elegance and majesty of one of Slovenia's and the world's greatest contemporary poets, Tomaz Salamun, on Monday, February 2, at 8 p.m. in Memorial Hall on the UMass Amherst campus.
He's kind of a big thing. With confident steps and a steady hand, Salamun maps the ever-fluctuating space occupied by avant garde poetry. His poetry informs of the possibilities contained within the union of mystery and emotion bound together by the fearful joy of absurdity. To read Salamun is to embark upon a journey through the mind of a poet who, for over 40 years, has made it his imperative to find intrigue in the ordinary, to find beauty in the ordinary, and to find beauty in the intrigue of everything from "a robbery of bees" to "trash bags smashed on the heads of maids." He has fittingly been bestowed with accolades and honors from prestigious institutes on both sides of the Atlantic. He was for a time the Slovenian Cultural Attaché to the U.S., and he has taught at various writing programs in the U.S., including the Iowa Writers Workshop and the UMass Program for Poets and Writers. So come!
As always, this event is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible.
