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"The Weight of Ink" by Rachel Kadish - Tuesday, June 2nd

6/30/2020

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At the end of June we will discuss:

The Weight of Ink
by
Rachel Kadish

Presented by Tamar

Tues, June 30th at 2 PM

We plan to meet via Zoom
Our Zoom address remains:
zoom.us/j/231493511

Zoom ID:
213 493 511

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"Song of a Captive Bird" by Jasmin Darznik in June, Tues June 2nd

6/2/2020

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In June we will discuss

Song of a Captive Bird
by
Jasmin Darznik

Presented by Tamar

Tues, June 2nd at 2 PM

We plan to meet via Zoom

Our Zoom address remains:
zoom.us/j/231493511

Zoom ID:
213 493 511

All the following poems are from: Sin: Selected Poems of Forugh Farrokhzad, translated by Sholeh Wolpe
Sin

I have sinned a rapturous sin
in a warm enflamed embrace,
sinned in a pair of vindictive arms,
arms violent and ablaze.

In that quiet vacant dark
I looked into his mystic eyes,
found such longing that my heart
fluttered impatient in my breast.

In that quiet vacant dark
I sat beside him punch-drunk,
his lips released desire on mine,
grief unclenched my crazy heart.

I poured in his ears lyrics of love:
O my life, my lover it’s you I want.
Life-giving arms, it’s you I crave.
Crazed lover, for you I thirst.

Lust enflamed his eyes,
red wine trembled in the cup,
my body, naked and drunk,
quivered softly on his breast.

I have sinned a rapturous sin
beside a body quivering and spent.
I do not know what I did O God,
in that quiet vacant dark.
–Forugh Farrokhzad, trans. Sholeh Wolpé

Videos about
Forough
Farrokhzhad

Rachelle posted an article from the NYTimes. I'm reposting it here to make sure you can see it.

NYT REVIEW of Song of the Captive Bird: https://www.nytimes.com/201...

Golestan's The Brick & Mirror ... 1965 film. Forough plays woman in the cab who abandons her baby (poignant) 3.35 into the film.

The first setting is the Sixties in Tehran. Farough Farrokhzad shot The House is Black in a lepers-colony outside Tabriz. Hossein Mansouri lived there as a young boy. His parents were lepers, he and his younger sister were healthy kids. Mansouri is shown in the film as an energetic happy kid. The teacher asks the class to mention some beautiful things. The young kid answers with four words: moon, sun, flower, game.Farrokhzad decided on impulse to adopt him. He moved into her house in Tehran. Four years later, in 1967, she died in a car accident. He was only ten years old at that time.

From https://peterbosma.info/moon-sun-flower-game-2008/ Film about Mansouri, Forough's adopted son

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"The Weight of Ink" by Rachel Kadish - Tuesday, June 2nd

We plan to meet via Zoom
Our Zoom address remains:
zoom.us/j/231493511

Zoom ID:
213 493 511

"Song of a Captive Bird" by Jasmin Darznik in June, Tues June 2nd

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TO READ AND DISCUSS

"The Weight of Ink" by ​Rachel Kadish - Tuesday, June 2nd

We plan to meet via ZoomOur Zoom address remains:zoom.us/j/231493511​​Zoom ID:​213 493 511

"Song of a Captive Bird" by ​Jasmin Darznik in June, Tues June 2nd

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Zoom Book Clubwhen on Zoom

Bookclub Notes & Comments

Sheldon's bookshelf: current-book-club

Quick links

Archives Posts

"The Weight of Ink" by Rachel Kadish - Tuesday, June 2nd

We plan to meet via Zoom
Our Zoom address remains:
zoom.us/j/231493511

Zoom ID:
213 493 511

"Song of a Captive Bird" by Jasmin Darznik in June, Tues June 2nd

Zoom Book Club
when on Zoom