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Dr. Lisa Katz

Here you may see/hear Lisa reading her own poetry at the Weeks Poetry Series, Westminster College, Salt Lake CIty, Utah, 28 Sept 2006.

 

If you click here, you will see/hear Agi Mishol reading her poem "The Transmigration of Souls" in Hebrew and Lisa reading it in her English translation, also at the Weeks Series.  

 

Click here for a reading by Agi MIshol of "Woman Martyr" and "Geese" in the original Hebrew and in Lisa's translation on the PBS NewsHour, March 21, 2007. (To view or listen to the complete PBS program on Israeli poets, click here.)

 

Or you might want to listen to the NPR/Minnesota Public Radio report of an appearance in St Paul, Minnesota April 24, 2006, including excerpts from Mishol's poem "Wax Flowers" in Hebrew and English.  Click here.

 

Or enjoy some excerpts from a poetry reading with Nurit Zarchi at Writers' House, the University of Pennsylvania, February 10, 2005.

 

1. Two poems by Nurit Zarchi in Lisa's English translation:

"The Ceiling Flew Up" and "Pardon My Outburst"

To listen click here.

2.  A few short comments on gender and two poems:

Zarchi's "Husbands" and Lisa's "Are You WIth Me"

To listen click here.

 

If you have more time, you might want to listen to Women Poets from the Middle East, a reading and discussion recorded at the PEN World Voices Festival, April 29, 2006, at Poets House, NYC, with Agi Mishol, Lisa Katz, Naomi Shihab Nye, Venus Khoury Ghata and Marilyn Hacker.  Click here and then press "Listen".  At this site, after a brief introduction, you will hear Mishol reading "Woman Martyr" שהידה in Hebrew, followed by Lisa Katz reading her English translations of Mishol's "Woman Martyr", "Olive Tree", "Transistor Muezzin" and "Red Hail".  American poet Naomi Shihab Nye reads work in English, Lebanese poet Venus Khoury Ghata reads original work in French, Marilyn Hacker reads translations of Khoury Ghata.  A brief discussion follows.

 

Also at the World Voices Festival, Agi Mishol spoke in English about the Hebrew language: click here, scroll down to 4/27/06 Mixed Media, and press on Agi's name.