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DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents\n\nCarolyn Forche\nWhat You Have Heard Is True: 
 A Memoir of Witness and Resistance\nHosted by Dennis Bernstein\n\nadvance 
 tickets: $12: T: 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores, $15 door, benefits 
 KPFA Radio 94.1FM  info: kpfa.org/events  \n\nCarolyn Forche is one of the 
 most gifted poets of her generation. Her work-including Blue Hour, The 
 Angel of History, The Country Between Us, and Gathering the Tribes-has been 
 translated into more than twenty languages. For decades, however, the story 
 of how she became an activist through trial by fire has lived inside her 
 until now.  Carolyn Forche was twenty-seven when the mysterious stranger 
 appeared on her doorstep- a charming polymath with a mind as seemingly 
 disordered as it was brilliant. She'd heard rumors about who he might be: a 
 lone wolf, a communist, a CIA operative, a sharpshooter, a revolutionary, a 
 small coffee farmer...He has driven from El Salvador to invite her to his 
 country. Captivated, she accepts and becomes enmeshed in something beyond 
 her comprehension as they meet with high-ranking military officers, 
 impoverished farm workers, and clergy desperately trying to assist the poor 
 and keep the peace. These encounters are a part of his plan to educate her. 
 As priests and farm-workers are murdered and protest marches attacked, 
 Forche is swept up in his work and in the lives of his friends. Pursued by 
 death squads, sheltering in safe houses, the two forge a rich friendship as 
 she attempts to make sense of what she's experiencing and establish a moral 
 foothold amidst profound suffering. Forche learns how she can act as a 
 witness and translate that into an art that might illumine the lives of 
 others. That is "the poetry of witness."\n\nWhat You Have Heard Is True- a 
 riveting and essential account of a young woman's political awakening- is 
 as beautiful as it is painful to read." - Claire Messud, author of The 
 Burning Girl\n\n$12 advance, $15 door.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/02/21/18821324.php
SUMMARY:Carolyn Forche: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
LOCATION:Berkeley Hillside Club\n2286 Cedar St\nBerkeley, CA 94709
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/02/21/18821324.php
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