“She was so deeply imbedded in my consciousness,” says Alexander Portnoy in Philip Roth’s 1969 novel, “that for the first year of school I seem to have believed that each of my teachers was my mother in disguise.”
HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST EVENTS
Robert Pinsky: The Life of David
SEPTEMBER 29, 2005
ILLSLEY BALL NORDSTROM RECITAL HALL AT BENAROYA HALL
Drawing on the biblical chronicle of King David as well as on later commentaries, Robert Pinsky crafts both a detailed biography and an ecstatic song to David—warrior, outlaw, poet, king; golden boy and enfeebled old man; slayer of Goliath, lover of Bathsheba, successor to Saul, and founder of Jerusalem. Pinsky is the author of six books of poetry, four works of criticism, and the translation
The Inferno of Dante. He was Poet Laureate of the United States from 1997 to 2000.
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Amos Oz
December 6, 2004
ILLSLEY BALL NORDSTROM RECITAL HALL AT BENAROYA HALL
One of Israel's foremost authors, Amos Oz is the author of 19 books, including
My Michael, Black Box, and
The Same Sea, and
A Tale of Love and Darkness.
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Susan Stamberg
Dictionary on Wheels
Raising the Dead
A Gathering of Diasporas
What May Be Highly Relevant
Two Long Years