JAMES P. LENFESTEY
Sunday, June 15 at 2 p.m.

Minneapolis poet—and father—James P. Lenfestey came upon Burton Watson's translation of Cold Mountain: 100 Poems of the T'ang Dynasty Poet Han-Shan over three decades ago, and today reads from the poems this book inspired. A Cartload of Scrolls: 100 Poems in the Manner of T'ang Dynasty Poet Han-Shan (Holy Cow) includes poems on fatherhood, which he will read in honor of this (Father's) day. "The poems breathe with tiny experienced particulars and long soul-views of a life lived with domestic bravery, wild humor, and warm tenderness, poems moving beyond their initial bounce and unfolding image into sensed silence and thoughtfulness." - Poesis.

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