A book reading and discussion with IC Alumna, Sophia Terazawa
Wed., Nov. 17, 2021, 6pm
Via Zoom
https://ithaca.zoom.us/j/94151360320?pwd=SXlMNUh6cHJ0aks2b0lJZEpzK2xqZz09
Terazawa will be reading from her new book, Winter Phoenix, a collection of poems written loosely after the form of an international war crimes tribunal. The poet, a daughter of a Vietnamese refugee, navigates the epigenetics of trauma passed down, and across, the archives of war and dislocation, and repeatedly asks, “Why did you just stand there and say nothing?” This lyric accusation and investigation takes place in the margins of martial law and draws from the source material of soldiers’ testimonies given during three internationally publicized events: the Incident on Hill 192, The Winter Soldier Investigation, and the Russell Tribunal.
