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Open Book Toronto journalist Devyani Saltzman caught up with author of Blindfold, John Asfour:
"Being at Blue Met also gave me the chance to meet fantastic Lebanese-Canadian poet John Asfour. John read from his latest collection, Blindfold on Thursday. It was a wonderful intimate gathering and John, who lost his sight at the age of thirteen during the Lebanese civil war in a grenade explosion, read using his laptop and earphones. His poetry, which is deep and elegant, spans from childhood memories in Beirut (Eggs) to the current politics of the region. After the reading, I had the pleasure of talking to John about his upcoming appearance at Luminato. He reads with novelist Hisham Matar (Anatomy of Disappearance) and poet/translator Khaled Mattawa (Tocqueville, Adonis: Selected Poems) in An Evening of Arabic Poetry on June 14."
In addition to his appearance at Luminato, you can meet John Asfour at his book launch at Paragraphe Bookstore May 10th, at 6pm.
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