Azorean Suite
A Voyage of Discovery Through Ancestry and Whaling
Thursday, June 3, 2021 | 7:00 PM
Free | Virtual | Registration Required
Join the New Bedford Whaling Museum and third-generation Azorean-American Scott Edward Anderson for "Azorean Suite: A Voyage of Discovery Through Ancestry and Whaling,” a virtual reading and talk focusing on the connections between the Azores, New Bedford, and Rhode Island.
This event is inspired by Anderson’s explorations of his own heritage, which in turn inspired his book-length poem Azorean Suite/Suite Açoriana: A poem of the moment/Um poema do momento. Anderson will share passages from Azorean Suite, as well as from his work-in-progress, a research-driven memoir called The Others in Me: A Journey to Discover Ancestry, Identity, and Lost Heritage.
This event is FREE, but please register in advance to receive the link.
Scott Edward Anderson is an award-winning poet, essayist, and memoirist. He is the author of Azorean Suite/Suite Açoriana: A poem of the moment /Um poema do momento (Letras Lavadas, 2020); Falling Up: A Memoir of Second Chances (Homebound Publications, 2019), which received the 1st Literary Award of Letras Lavadas in conjunction with PEN Açores; the Nautilus Award‑winning Dwelling: An Ecopoem (Shanti Arts, 2018); Fallow Field (Aldrich Press, 2013); and Walks in Nature’s Empire (The Countryman Press, 1995).
Anderson has been a Concordia Fellow at the Millay Colony for the Arts, and received the Nebraska Review Award and Aldrich Emerging Poets Award. He is currently working on a translation of the Azorean poet Vitorino Nemésio’s classic travelogue, Corsário das Ilhas, for Tagus Press and a research-driven memoir about his Azorean Portuguese heritage titled The Others in Me: A Journey to Discover Ancestry, Identity, and Lost Heritage. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he now lives in Brooklyn, New York.
