Leading contemporary Bengali poet Subodh Sarkar will give a talk on the place of India in Allen Ginsberg’s poetry on the occasion of the centennial of Ginsberg’s birth, followed by a reading of his own poetry in both Bengali and its English translation.
Event hosted together with Professor Sugata Bose, Professor Spencer Lee-Lenfield and the Harvard University Asia Center.
Lunch will be served
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4.24 Allen Ginsbergs Indian Connection Poster
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