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SUMMARY:Pop-up: Victoria Chang
DESCRIPTION:Victoria Chang reads from her new poetry collection Tree of Knowledge at Portland Art Museum in the The Stars We Do Not See exhibition (Level 2\, Room 212)\, paired with Nyapanyapa Yunupinu\, Gäna (Self). \nAbout Tree of Knowledge:\nFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY \nA poet watches the limbs of a eucalyptus tree get sawed off: the image persists\, refracting and recurring across poems of art\, language\, selfhood\, memory\, and loss. \nJoan Mitchell said\, When I talk about love\, I mean loving a tree. When I talk about love\, I mean loving where a tree used to be. \nMen assess the eucalyptus tree growing on the poet’s street; a crane arrives. The sound of a chainsaw rings in the air and branches begin to fall. This tree-cutting haunts the poet and becomes the locus from which the rest of the collection spirals. It refracts across works by artists such as Pablo Picasso\, Joan Mitchell\, and Hilma af Klint\, whose painting series lends the collection its title and who becomes a model for engaging with the world. At the core of the collection\, the long poem “Eureka” examines the violent 1885 expulsion of Chinese Americans from the eponymous California town. Roving\, evocative\, and intricate\, Tree of Knowledge is rooted in Victoria Chang’s crystalline voice and generous\, probing gaze\, and by certain images —trees\, a hanging figure\, a branch\, fingertips\, a briefcase—that resurface like apparitions.
URL:https://pdxbookfest.org/event/pop-up-victoria-chang/
LOCATION:Portland Art Museum: Main Building\, 1219 SW Park Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97205
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events,Pop-up Events
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