“In collaboration with the American Literary Translators Association and as part of the ALTA46 conference, we are proud to present Sawako Nakayasu.

Born in Japan and raised in the US,Sawako Nakayasu is an artist working with language, performance, and translation. Her newest books of poetry include Pink Waves (Omnidawn, 2023), a finalist for the PEN/Voelcker award, and Some Girls Walk Into The Country They Are From (Wave Books, 2020), both of which engage the intersection between writing and translation. Mouth: Eats Color – Sagawa Chika Translations, Antitranslations, & Originals is a multilingual work that combines both original and translated poetry. Settle Her, which was written on the #1 bus line in Providence on Thanksgiving Day of 2017, on the occasion of her cutting ties with normative Thanksgiving celebrations, is forthcoming from Solid Objects.

Additional support for the 2023-2024 Reading & Lecture Series was provided by Innovations in Healthy Aging – a strategic collaboration led by the University of Arizona Health Sciences, rethinking what it means to thrive while aging.”

“Kaoru Kakizakai, a shakuhachi master from Japan, will be in Tucson next Wednesday November 8. He’ll be performing an informal concert at Bar Crisol at 7:30 PM. While there is no admission fee, they expect people who come to buy a drink and/or some food (it’s not a community center). Bar Crisol is located at 196 W. Simpson St. in downtown Tucson, south of Cushing St.

Kaoru Kakizakai is a world famous shakuhachi musician who studied with Katsuya Yokoyama Sensei and continues to carry on his tradition today. He performs and teaches all over the globe. Currently he is a lecturer at the Tokyo College of Music and a full time Instructor with the International Shakuhachi Kenshu-Kan (KSK). His list of accomplishments is long and includes many awards as well as performances with the NHK and Kyoto symphony orchestras. He is visiting Tucson because he loves the Arizona desert and wants to share with local shakuhachi enthusiasts. “

Info from shakuhachi player Paul Amiel in Tucson.