Manatee/Humanity: Poetry Performance
Anne Waldman
A reading and performance
May 5, 2009
Waldman, a “category 4 hurricane of unchained imagination, curiosity, and invention, political rage and erotic elation,” draws on animal lore, animal encounters, dreams, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and Buddhist ritual in her new investigative hybrid poem exploring the nuances of inter-species communication and compassion.