Mesa alums Jeanne Carstensen and Roberto Lovato discuss Jeanne's award winning book A Greek Tragedy: One Day, a Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis On October 28, 2015, a boat meant for only a few dozen passengers capsized off the coast of the Greek island of Lesvos. Hundreds of refugees, forced […]

Join translator and performance artist Haleh Liza Gafori for a deep dive into the poetry of Rumi. In this interactive workshop, we'll hear Gafori recite translations from her highly acclaimed books Gold and Water, revealing how urgently and tenderly Rumi speaks to us in these times. Gafori will share dashes of the original Persian text, unpack recurring words […]