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Voices of the Hi-Line brings international poetry to Havre

Montana State University-Northern will mark national poetry Month Tuesday with Voices of the Hi-Line, an international poetry reading event starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Northern’s Little Theater in Cowan Hall.

Director of the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Programs Christina Estrada-Underwood said the reading was the idea of Northern English Professor Valerie Guyant.

Estrada-Underwood said 15 people from the campus and surrounding communities will perform poetry readings, chants and songs that are in languages other than modern English. She said, so far, performers have signed up who will perform works in old English, different Spanish dialects, Welsh, German, Japanese, Chinese, Gros Ventre and Assiniboine.

Estrada-Underwood and three others, Gabriel Bendavidez, Jaime Toscano, and Ligia Arango, will read the song “Round of Lovers” from the Spanish musical drama “La Del Soto Del Parral.”

Attendees will receive a booklet containing the works that were read in both their original languages and translated into English.

The event is free and open to the public.

 

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