Stratis Haviaras Poetry Reading Featured in The Harvard Crimson

"On the evening of April 16, the tick of the towering grandfather clock in the Thompson Room of Harvard’s Barker Center provided a rhythm for two voices; two poets, Sherwin Bitsui and Rowan Ricardo Phillips, took turns on the podium performing their poems to an audience. Their voices created a spell of enthusiasm in the room, bringing a sense of awe to the listeners.

Professor Christopher Pexa introduced the poet Sherwin Bitsui, winner of an American Book Award, a Whiting Writing Award, and a Native Arts & Culture Fellowship. Pexa highlighted the act of transformation in Bitsui’s poetics, describing how the poet’s written and spoken language seems to carve its own movement, as if seeking liberation. The first poem Bitsui read exemplified Pexa’s points."

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