Sesshu Foster w/ Pial Hossain @ Grand Performances June 13, 2008 -- Part 1

Sesshu Foster reads excerpts from his then yet-to-be published book of poetry, World Ball Notebook (http://www.amazon.com/World-Ball-Notebook-Sesshu-Foster/dp/0872864677/ref=sr_1_­1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318317864&sr=8-1). Accompanying him on the tabla is Pial Hossain.

Foster has taught composition and literature in East LA since 1985, and has also taught at the University of Iowa, the California Institute of the Arts, the University of California, Santa Cruz and the Jack Kerouac School's Summer Writing Program. He was in residence at California State University, Los Angeles.

For Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGpIT-KB0Lc

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[vikrampinto]

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