Eduardo Corral, Yves Emmanuel Dogbé, and Hẚo Võ Thị Reading
Writers’ Workshop poet Eduardo Corral reads a selection of recent work. IWP participant Yves Emmanuel Dogbé introduces the reading of his poetry. Hao Vo Thi, also an IWP participant, sings a song in Vietnamese and introduces the reading of her short story, “The Survivor of the Jungle of Laughter.” Rowena Torrevillas reads, occasionally summarizing the story’s plot to accommodate the time constraints of the event.
In: International Writing Program Archive | Fiction | Poetry
Authors: Eduardo Corral , Yves-Emmanuel Dogbe, Hẚo Võ Thị
Date Recorded: October 31, 2000
Works Read: Eduardo Corral reads the following poems: "For Lexie;" "Sunday Afternoon with Abuela;" "Little Song;" "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome;*" "Poem After Frida Kahlo's Painting 'The Broken Column;" "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome;*" "Pablo Neruda;" "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.*" * Three separate poems share the same title. Poems by Yves Emmanuel Dogbé: "He Came This Evening;" "Rejection;" "There Are Moments;" "The Hedgehog and the Snake;" I Loved and Loved for an Inaccessible Beloved One;" "For the Sulayman;" "It Was Yesterday;" "Do You Remember;" "Hymn for my Darling;" "White Snow." Rowena Torrevillas reads Hẚo Võ Thị's short story: "The Survivor of the Jungle of Laughter."
Program: IWP/Writers' Workshop Joint Reading
Format: reading
Contributors: Hosted by Rowena Torrevillas.
Note: Interruption at 46 minutes - transfer from tape side a to side b. Hẚo Võ Thị also known as: Võ Thị, Hẚo; Hạnh Uyên; Diểm Chȃu; Trùòng, Nguyȇn Hạnh; Vű, Lập Thạch.