Krisantha Sri Bhaggiyadatta
Reading and Reception
Thursday, April 2, 6:30–8:30 PM
Arc Studios & Gallery
1246 Folsom Street, between 8th & 9th
San Francisco, CA 94103
Free & open to the public
Suggested $5 donation (all proceeds go to the artist)
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About the Artist:
KRISANTHA SRI BHAGGIYADATTA plays on the links between history, Sri Lanka and the Americas, Africa and Asia. He was a broadcaster of the radio show Bourgeois Blues, Bourgeois News on Toronto's CKLN (now banned). He is presently compiling: A Very Personal English History of the World. His books of poetry include: Transfixed in Twilight (2015), Cheqpoint in Heaven (2005), Aay Wha’ Kinda Indian Arr U? (1997, 2015), The 52nd State of Amnesia (1992), The Only Minority is the Bourgeoisie (1985), and Domestic Bliss (1981). He has read poetry in Colombo, Kandy, Beijing, Port of Spain, New York, San Francisco, London, and Toronto.