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Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Virtual EventOdysseys: Ithaca Writers on Exile, Wandering, and Searching for Home is a reading series presented by Ithaca City of Asylum and co-sponsored by Global Cornell and Cornell's Migrations initiative.
Homer’s Odyssey recounts the adventures of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, as he seeks to return home after the Trojan War. In four monthly readings, pairs of Ithaca-based writers provide their takes on the theme of odysseys, from the physical to the intellectual to the emotional.
Authors:
Gail Holst-Warhaft (poet, translator, journalist, academic, and musician)
Aoise Stratford (dramaturg, writer, and lecturer at Cornell)
Moderator:
David Guaspari (playwright and Ithaca City of Asylum board member)
Dial-In Information
Register for this event: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYlc--uqD0rH9IM15uyFKIKYyxyWkg4fbDk
Global Cornell, Migrations, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
David Guaspari
migrations.cornell.edu