Linda Hess, Kabir Scholar, Pre-show talk
Time & Location
Apr 11, 2026, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
The Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
About
Join us for a pre-show discussion with Kabir scholar and translator, Linda Hess.
About Linda
Dr. Linda Hess is a scholar, a writer, a translator and a lover of devotional/mystical poetry from North India – especially of the 15th-century poet Kabir, who remains a popular and influential figure in India and Pakistan. Of Kabir, she writes: “I fell in love with Kabir almost as soon as I met him. He was sharp, funny, vivid and astonishing. What you didn’t want to hear, he would say—over and over, in your face. But you liked it because, really, you did want to hear it.” Her first book, The Bijak of Kabir,” (New York, Oxford University Press, 2002 - with Shukdev Singh, orig. 1983), is considered by many to be one of the best translations of Kabir into English. Her other books include Bodies of Song: Kabir Oral Traditions and Performative Worlds in North India; Singing Emptiness: Kumar…