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Pireeni
Sundaralingam
Born and raised in Sri Lanka, Pireeni Sundaralingam currently lives in San Francisco.
She is a PEN USA Rosenthal Fellow and editor of Writing the Lines of Our Hands, the first
anthology of South Asian American poetry (forthcoming).
Her poetry has appeared in national newspapers and political journals such as The Guardian (UK)
and The Progressive (USA), university teaching texts including Three Genres (Prentice-Hall,
8th Edition, 2006), and anthologies such as Masala (Macmillan, 2005) and Language for a
New Century: Poetry from the Middle East, Asia and Beyond (Norton, 2008).
Having given readings on national radio in Sweden, Ireland, the UK and America, Pireeni’s
work has also been featured in such venues as the United Nations headquarters, the
International Museum of Women and the Barbican Theatre (UK).
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Colm
Ó
Riain
Both violinist and composer, Colm likes to sit on borders.
Classically, a former leader of the National Youth
Orchestra of Ireland, he is also a well-known fiddler on the Irish music scene -
in San Francisco and beyond.
He and his new Band have started to make waves in
both the US and Europe exploring the connection between Irish music and Jazz,
Brazilian, Cuban, Indian, Gypsy and other musical genres.
He has written and recorded music for film including Black Eyed Dog
and Soot City.
He has also written for theater and a wide array of ensembles from classical symphony orchestra to multi-ethnic instrumental groups.
He is a founder member of Spoken Word theater group Dhaia Tribe and is the
violinist with avant garde animation orchestra
The Sprocket Ensemble. He performs
sometimes with Jazz Hot luminaries Hot Club of San Francisco
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