BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//artshound.com//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of artshound.com X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120211T083719CET-4291eDn24i@artshound.com DTSTAMP:20120211T073719Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Inclined to Speak: A Dialogue with Four Arab Americ an Poets\nEvent Url: http://www.artshound.com/event/detail/33751/Inclined_ to_Speak_A_Dialogue_with_Four_Arab_American_Poets\nEvent Date Begin: 2009- 12-05\nEvent Date End: 2009-12-05\n\nInprint and The Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston present Inclined to Speak: A Dialogue with Four Arab American Poe ts\, Saturday\, December 5\, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. in the Brown Auditorium The ater\, The Caroline Wiess Law Building\, The Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston \, 1001 Bissonnet. Free\, with general museum admission. A reception and b ook signing follow\nFeaturing readings by poets Elmaz Abinader\, Kazim Ali \, Hayan Charara\, and Eliot Khalil Wilson.\nAt no other time in American history has our imagination been so engrossed with the Arab experience. Th e Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston and Inprint present a reading and discussi on featuring four of today´\;s foremost Arab American poets. While th e work of these poets varies\, both in form and subject matter\, their exp eriences as Arab Americans and as artists bring them together. These poets \, all contributors to Inclined to Speak: An Anthology of Contemporary Ara b American Poetry\, help to shape our understanding of our diverse nationa l identity. They do so with an astonishing array of poetic sensibilities\, engaging culture\, politics\, loss\, art\, and language itself. Presented in conjunction with the MFAH´\;s recently created permanent gallery\ , Arts of the Islamic World\, this reading will provide an opportunity to participate in a dialogue that is enlightening\, original\, and heartening .\nIn addition to reading their poetry\, poets will discuss their work in a Q&A session moderated by Hosam Aboul-Ela\, Associate Professor of Englis h at the University of Houston.\nInprint´\;s programs are made possib le by generous operating support from Houston Endowment Inc.\, Houston Art s Alliance\, Texas Commission on the Arts\, The Wawro/Gray Family Foundati on\, the George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation\, The Susan Vaughan F oundation\, Inc.\, Sterling-Turner Foundation\, and the Harry S. & Isabel C. Cameron Foundation.\n\nStart time: 3pm\nA reception and book signing fo llows the program. DTSTART:20091205T000000 DTEND:20091205T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Inclined to Speak: A Dialogue with Four Arab American Poets TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR