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Literature Out Loud

 

Episode 1

Conference of the Birds by Sufi poet Farid ud-Din Attar

The Conference of the Birds is an epic poem about the birds of the world embarking on a journey in search of their Sovereign, Simorgh. As we take flight with them, their journey becomes ours.

Sholeh Wolpe

Sholeh Wolpe
Conference Site
Translator

 

 

Chantrell Lewis

Chantrell Lewis
Voice Actor

 

 

 

Nasrin Rahimieh

Nasrin Rahimieh
Introduction

 

 

 

Episode 2

Traveling with Marco Polo by Xue Yiwei

Xue Yiwei

 

 

 

 

Traveling with Marco Polo is a three-way dialogue between Marco Polo, Italo Calvino and the Chinese author Xue Yiwei, in which he spins tales on memory and desire while giving oblique commentary on modern China.

Hue Ying

Hu Ying
Translator/Introduction

 

 

June Ke


June Ke
Voice Actor, Mandarin

 

 

Ella Turenne

Ella Turenne
Voice Actor, English

 

 

Produced by Carrie Noland, Director of the International Center for Writing and Translation, with support from Julia Lupton, Director of Illuminations

For Season 2, click here.

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