[The Bengali version of this news is attached, in case any editor of the Bangla Paper or webzine is interested.] An Evening With Bengali Poetry at the new A group of distingued poets and professors got together to enjoy an evening with Bengali Poetry on Friday, April 25, 2008, from 7 pm to 9:30 pm, at the New School University. It was organized by Shabdaguchha, an international bilingual poetry journal, to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The editor of the magazine, Hassanal Abdullah, a poet and author of 16 books, welcomed everyone to the event by saying, "We started the magazine 10 years ago to make a bridge between the poets of the East and the West. We have traveled far with the mission, but we still have to go farther." Stanley H. Barkan, Nicholas Birns, Jyotirmoy Datta, Tushar Gayen, Naznin Seamon, Yuyutsu RD Sharma, Samuel Menashe, Minakshi Datta, and Ekok Soubir were the other presenters of the evening. The readers mostly read from Shabdaguchha #39, which is the Contemporary Poets of Bangladesh issue. Stanley H. Barkan, poet and the publisher of Cross-Cultural Communications, read poems by Nirmolendu Goon and Kamal Chowdhury from this issue, followed by two poems of his own. Prof. Nicholas Birns, who teaches at Yuyutsu Rd Sharma, a Nepali poet, who is now visiting It was an stimulating event on Bengali Poetry with a dedicated audience. The program was moderated by the editor, who invited everyone to a day-long follow-up event, the "Third Shabdaguchha Poetry Festival," on June 14, 2008, at PS 112, Asotira, [The Bengali version of this news is attached, in case any editor of the Bangla Paper or webzine is interested.]
Special Bengali refreshments, prepared by Naznin Seamon, were served at the end.
Shabdaguchha
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USA
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and
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