Reading: Peter Cole the Dream of the Poem October 17, 2010

Hear prize-winning translator and poet Peter Cole as he reads from and discusses his acclaimed anthology, The Dream of the Poem, which won the National Jewish Book Award and the American Publisher Association's award for the Book of the Year for 2007. Rich with humor and grace, Cole's work recreates the world of medieval Spain, where Jewish artistic and intellectual communities flourished under Islamic rule. A book signing follows the program.