Poetry and Resistance: Exploring the Poetry of Han Kang - w/ Vocales Verticales - In-person

Poesía y Resistencia en Español, English, y Spanglish

Join Vocales Verticales for an afternoon of poetry and ideas. How can we use poetry as a tool for resistance? Discover how others did it, and write some poems. Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in 2024.

In 2024 Han Kang became the first South Korean author and first Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.  She was cited by the Nobel committee “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” Her poetry has been described as visceral and physical but also reflective, with a distinctive rhythm. She is the author of The Vegetarian, winner of the International Booker Prize, as well as Human Acts, The White Book, Greek Lessons, and We Do Not Part. Find books by Han Kang in our catalog: https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Union/Search?lookfor=han%20kang

Questions about this program? Contact the Library at 240-777-0678. 

More info on Vocales Verticales:

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https://vocalesverticales.substack.com/

The workshop is led by Carlota Roby, a human rights attorney and co-founder of the Vocales Verticales project. She is also a poet, and has published the poetry collections Las Manos de los Muertos (2013); Suburban Tales (2019); and Lilith (2024).

Interested in exploring new authors and genres? Check out the resources linked within the 'Books and Reading' heading under the Research tab, here: https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/WebBuilder/ResourcesList

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Library Program Attendance (both virtual and in the branch) is limited to participants within the suggested age range of the program. Children attending an MCPL program under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Adults attending a program intended for children must have an accompanying child.

If you plan to attend with a group of ten or more, please contact the branch at least one week before the program to discuss how your group might be accommodated.

Accommodation Requests

People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.

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