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SUMMARY:Jeanne Carstensen and Roberto Lovato
DESCRIPTION: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 \nOn 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 in desperation onto the overloaded boat manned by armed smugglers\, were tossed into a roiling sea. The resulting loss of life\, the largest in a single day during the biggest refugee crisis since World War II\, shocked the world. \nAfter nearly a decade of research and interviews\, investigative reporter Jeanne Carstensen has captured every detail of the dramatic twenty-four hours. This includes the recollections of the refugees’ lives before they left their homes and a full account of the courageous rescue efforts of the Greek islanders and volunteers rushing to help\, even as their government and the EU failed to act. In this remarkable narrative feat\, Carstensen brilliantly showcases the extraordinary heroism of ordinary people in extreme circumstances. \nIn a world where forced migration is on the rise\, and where standing up to protect our neighbors can come at great personal risk\, A Greek Tragedy challenges us to confront our collective humanity. This unforgettable testament of our times is “a crushing account of a senseless tragedy” (Publishers Weekly\, starred review) and a compassionate depiction of the lengths to which a person will go to save another human being. \nSilver Medal Winner in nonfiction for the 95th Annual California Book Awards  \n2026 Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the PEN/Galbraith Award for Nonfiction \n\nJeanne Carstensen is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in New York Times\, Foreign Policy\, The World\, The Nation\, Salon\, Nautilus\, and Global Post\, among other outlets. She covered the Syrian refugee crisis in Greece and Turkey with support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and was short-listed for the Immigration Journalism Awards. Jeanne has been awarded fellowships at the Logan Nonfiction Program and National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University. Previously\, she was managing editor of Salon and The Bay Citizen\, which produced the Bay Area pages of New York Times. Jeanne was the Peter Barnes Long-Form Journalism Fellow at Mesa Refuge in 2021. \nRoberto Lovato is an award-winning journalist\, and the author of Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family\, Migration\, Gangs\, and Revolution in the Americas\, a “groundbreaking” memoir the New York Times picked as an “Editor’s Choice.” Newsweek listed Roberto’s memoir as a “must read” 2020 book while the Los Angeles Times listed it as one of its 20 Best Books of 2020. He is also an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas. His work has appeared in the New York Times\, the Boston Globe\, Guernica\, Le Monde Diplomatique\, La Opinion\, Der Spiegel and other national and international media outlets. A recipient of a reporting grant from the Pulitzer Center\, he has reported on numerous issues—violence\, terrorism\, the drug war and the refugee crisis—from Mexico\, Venezuela\, El Salvador\, Dominican Republic\, Haiti\, France and the United States\, among other countries. Roberto was a Marion Weber Healing Arts Fellow at Mesa Refuge in 2025.
URL:https://mesarefuge.org/event/jeanne-carstensen-and-roberto-lovato/
LOCATION:Pt Reyes Presbyterian Church\, 11445 CA-1\, Point Reyes Station\, CA\, 94956\, United States
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SUMMARY:Workshop - Rumi for Our Times
DESCRIPTION: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 that have no one-to-one equivalent in English\, and offer an array of poems which show the range of Rumi’s concerns\, as he addresses both nightingales and war-mongers\, the open heart and the imperious ego\, exploring the alchemy of human consciousness as well as the power of silence. Through dazzling images and leaping progressions of thought\, he points us toward an ethic of love\, care\, and reverence. His poems are aesthetic masterpieces that are meant to illuminate and liberate. Rumi above all is a friend to humanity. In this workshop we’ll commune with his words on the beautiful grounds of Mesa Refuge\, and will be invited to write our own work in response to excerpts. \nSliding scale $50-150 for registrants over 30-years-old. $25 for registrants 30 years and younger. Please reach out to nkansky@mesarefuge.org if the cost of the workshop is prohibitive to your participation. \nLimited to 12 participants. Two of these spots will be reserved for participants 30 years and younger. \nCancellation Policy: In order to receive a partial refund (a $15 admin fee is deducted from your payment)\, we require 7 days notice.  \n\nHaleh Liza Gafori is a New York City-born translator\, performance artist\, writer\, and educator of Iranian descent. Her two volumes of translationsof poetry by the 13th century sage Rumi\, entitled Gold and Water\, have been incorporated in curricula of universities across the country. Haleh was a 2026 and 2024 MacDowell fellow\, and a 2023 recipient of the New York State Council on the Arts grant. She created a musical and cross-media performance based on the book and has presented her work\, via performances and lectures and workshops\, at institutions such as Lincoln Center\, Stanford University\, the Academy of American Poets\, and Sarah Lawrence College. Her work has been published by Columbia University Press\, Harvard Review\, World Literature Today\, Lit Hub\, Paris Review\, and others. She teaches in the MFA writing program at St Joseph’s University.
URL:https://mesarefuge.org/event/workshop-rumi-for-our-times/
LOCATION:Mesa Refuge\, 11 Los Reyes Dr\, Point Reyes Station\, California\, 94956\, United States
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