Poetry Reading in Nineteen Languages

Sunday, September 28, 2014—Janet Heller will read a poem by Chaim Guri during the Poetry Reading in Nineteen Languages at the Portage District Library from 2 to 3:30 p.m. This event is also sponsored by the Department of World Languages and Literatures of Western Michigan University. There will also be a tasting from several area international restaurants. Languages represented at this reading include Japanese, Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Macedonian, Mandarin, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, and Yoruba. The Portage District Library is located at 300 Library Lane/ Portage, Michigan 49002.  For more information, please phone the Portage District Library at (269) 329-4544, or use the website http://www.pdl.lib.mi.us/events-and-classes and click “Adult Interest Events.”