OTHER WORDS - 5th San Francisco International Poetry Festival will draw poets from nine different nations to a variety of local venues from October 11-14, co-sponsored by the San Francisco offices of several Foreign Missions and cultural institutes, along with local literary arts organizations.
The Norwegian Consulate General in San Francisco and NORLA - the Oslo-based agency for Norwegian literature abroad - are sponsoring Steinar Opstad`s participation. Read more.
In addition to the official Other Words Program Steinar will perform 17 October. Read more about Norwegian poet Steinar Opstad.
Event 1:
When: Thursday 11 October 7.30 PM
Where: Poetry Center & American Poetry Archives
Unitarian Center, 1187 Franklin Street, at Geary San Francisco
Event 2:
When: Saturday 13 October 7.00 PM
Where: Litcrawl, New College, New College Room 4,
New College of California, 777 Valencia St.
Event 3:
When: Wednesday 17 October 6 - 9 PM
Light refreshments will be served at 6 PM and the readings will start at 6.45 PM Where: Wallenberg Hall, Stanford University
Info:
You can contact Ms Kjellaug Myhre by e-mail kjm@mfa.no or phone: (415) 364-2211