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Professor Meena Alexander Gives Poetry Reading at Stockholm Concert on Climate Change

Professor Meena Alexander, of the English Department, read her poem `Acqua Alta’ (set to music by Swedish composer Jan Sandstrom) in Engelbrekst church, Stockholm, as part of a climate change concert. The music was performed by the Serikon Music Ensemble and the Swedish Radio Choir.  Alexander’s poem was first published in her book Quickly Changing River (2008). The concert itself titled `Acqua Alta’ included music by Monteverdi, Gabrieli and other composers. After the concert she was part of a rountable discussion on climate change which included the composer Jan Sandstrom, Daniel Stighall, director of the music ensemble and the Swedish meteorologist and TV personality Par Homgren. She was also interviewed by Swedish Radio and asked about her life as a woman poet from India and as an immigrant poet in New York City. The interview will be aired in May 2015.

 

 

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