These video clips are the part of a series highlighting recent readings held by SF State’s Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives. Visit this website regularly for fresh poetic content.
John Keene comments on Mark Twain’s characters Jim and Huck in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and his own exploration of Jim and Huck in his story “Rivers,” from his book Counternarratives (New Directions, 2015). The full program features Keene reading his story “Acrobatique,” followed by an extensive conversation with Tân Khánh Cao on Keene’s work in this book, and questions from the audience, Friday, October 30, 2015, at Green Apple Books on the Park, San Francisco.
John Keene reads briefly from his story “Acrobatique,” narrated from the point of view of black circus performer Miss La La of the Circus Fernando, subject of Edgar Degas’ 1879 painting, from his book Counternarratives (New Directions, 2015). The full program features Keene reading the entire story, followed by an extensive conversation with Tân Khánh Cao on Keene’s work in this book, and questions from the audience, Friday, October 30, 2015, at Green Apple Books on the Park, San Francisco.
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John Keene, Counternarratives, at The Poetry Center, October 29, 2015