Ralph Nazareth
This Thursday October 21st 2010
at pi-New Haven!
Doors open at 6:30 pm Open Mic begins at 7:00 pm
Born and educated in India, Ralph Nazareth says he crossed over to the West at the time “when young Americans were flying east on their tragic mission in Vietnam.” His poetry explores his movement between worlds.
Ralph Nazareth is a professor of English at Nassau Community College, New York, where he leads PeaceWork, a group committed to peace and justice issues. He is also a volunteer teacher of writing in the CMHS program at Green Haven, a maximum security prison in New York. As Managing Editor of Yuganta Press in Stamford, CT, he has overseen the publication of over twenty books of poetry by writers from all over the world.