British poet Aidan Dun will be reading tonight, Friday, June 8 at 7:30 pm at Shakespeare and Sons Books in Malá Strana.
Dun is a poet and composer perhaps best known for his epic poem Vale Royal (launched in the Albert Hall in 1995 and re-published by Dark Star, 2010), which investigates the mysteries of the King’s Cross area of London. A second epic poem, Universal (launched at City Lights, San Francisco in 2002) is set in India, the West Indies and Morocco. McCool, Dunn’s verse-novel in nearly 300 rhyming sonnets, has its background in both London and Lebanon, the story of a love-triangle set against world conflagration and the clash of civilizations. The Uninhabitable City, a collection of short poems, appeared in 2005; Salvia Divinorum, a text in four movements was published in 2007. Dun will read his work with Czech pianist Lucie Rejchrtova.
Nobel laureate Derek Walcott has written, “Vale Royal moves with the ease and clarity of a fresh spring over ancient stones, making its myths casual even colloquial – An impressive achievement.”
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