An Evening with Poet: Phoebe Giannisi

Please join us for an evening with poet Phoebe Giannisi in conversation with Eleni Sikelianos, Professor of Literary Arts and Yannis Hamilakis, Joukowsky Family Professor of Archaeology and Professor of Modern Greek Studies.Phoebe Giannisi, one of the foremost contemporary Greek poets, is a professor at the Department of Architecture of the University of Thessaly. She is the author of eight books of poetry, two of which have appeared in English with New Directions Press, while a third, Homerica (World Poetry Books: 2017) was selected by Anne Carson as a Favorite Book of 2017. Her work in the field of Ecopoetics transverses the borders between various media, investigating the poetics of voice, body and place through writing, performances, video and sound-works, poetic installations. This event is part of the Ecopoetics Series, curated by Eleni Sikelianos and cosponsored by: Brown Arts Institute, the Cogut Institute for the Humanities and Literary Arts at Brown University. This lecture is free and open to the public, reception to follow. We look forward to seeing you there!