Poetry and other writings by Sotère Torregian

August 14, 2012 • 6 x 9 • 300 pages • 978-1-56689-301-5

This rediscovered New York School poet reveals a unique poetry marked by a very contemporary multicultural, polylinguistic style.

Sotère Torregian, an American poet of Ethiopian, Arabic, Greek, Armenian, and Moorish ancestry, approaches the world with an open-armed embrace of distant and diverse phenomena. His surreal lyricism infuses observations of politics, popular culture, and the everyday with generosity, absurdity, and a spirit of adventure.

About the Author

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Sotère Torregian has taught at the Free University of New York, Santa Clara University, and Stanford University, where he helped establish the Afro-American studies program in 1969. Author of the poetry collection, On the Planet without Visa, he teaches at the University of the Pacific and resides in Stockton, California.

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