The Bay Area's Hub for Asian Pacific American Community Arts Since 1972

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.