All Readings from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. on the First Thursday of the Month
Admission Free • Morrison Library in Doe Library • UC Berkeley
For directions to Doe Library please check the campus map. (lower right corner)
Series Kick-Off, 09.03.09 |
Eavan Boland, 10.01.09 |
Graham Foust, 11.05.09
Richard Moore, 12.03.09 |
Dan Bellm, 02.04.10 | Natasha Trethewey, 03.04.10 [Location change]
Lisa Chen, 04.01.10 | Student Reading, 05.06.10
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September 3, 2009
SERIES KICK-OFF
Hosted by Robert Hass and University Librarian Thomas C. Leonard, the kickoff features distinguished new members of the English Department faculty introducing and reading a favorite poem. This year’s participants: Melanie Abrams, C. D. Blanton, Vikram Chandra, Eric Falci, Mark Goble, David Landreth, Namwali Serpell, and Emily Thornbury.
October 1, 2009
EAVAN BOLAND
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Eavan Boland is one of the foremost voices in Irish literature. Her ten volumes of poetry include Against Love Poetry, which was a New York Times notable book, and New Collected Poems. She is also a noted editor and translator. Her awards include a Lannan Foundation Award and an American Ireland Fund Literary Award. She is a professor of English and Creative Writing at Stanford University.
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November 5, 2009
GRAHAM FOUST
Knoxville, Tennessee native Graham Foust is the author of four books of poetry: As in Every Deafness, Leave the Room to Itself, Necessary Stranger, and A Mouth in California. David Olsen says Foust’s “poems are carefully contained so that we can find a place in them.” He directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Saint Mary's College in Moraga, CA. Watch the complete webcast
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December 3, 2009
RICHARD MOORE
Richard Moore is the last of his generation of the legendary San Francisco Renaissance poets. Arriving in 1934, he was among the many émigrés to California during the Great Depression. His debut collection, Writing the Silences marks his reemergence into today's literary world. Brenda Hillman says the writing “illustrates Moore's commitment to freedom of form, his interest in language, and his dedication to issues of social justice and ecology.” Watch the complete webcast
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February 4, 2010
DAN BELLM
Dan Bellm has published three books of poetry, including Practice, winner of a 2009 California Book Award and named one of the Top Ten Poetry Books of 2008 by the Virginia Quarterly Review. His first collection, One Hand on the Wheel, launched the California Poetry Series and his second, Buried Treasure, won the Poetry Society of America’s Alice Fay DiCastagnola Award. He lives in San Francisco. Watch the complete webcast
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March 4, 2010
NATASHA TRETHEWEY
Special off-site location: Alphonse Berber Gallery, 2546 Bancroft Way (@ Telegraph), Berkeley CA, 94704Natasha Trethewey is author of Native Guard, for which she won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize; Bellocq’s Ophelia, named a 2003 Notable Book by the American Library Association; and Domestic Work, selected by Rita Dove for the inaugural Cave Canem Poetry Prize. She received the 2008 Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts for Poetry. Currently, she is Professor of English and Phillis Wheatley Distinguished Chair in Poetry at Emory University.
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April 1, 2010
LISA CHEN
Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Lisa Chen earned a BA from UC Berkeley and an MFA from the University of Iowa. Her debut collection of poetry, mouth, received a 2009 award from the Association for Asian American Studies. Sesshu Foster says that mouth “startles with soulful complexity.” She currently lives and works in New York City as a media consultant to social justice and environmental organizations. Watch the complete webcast
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May 6, 2010
STUDENT READING
One of the year’s most lively events, the student reading includes winners of the following prizes: Academy of American Poets, Cook, Rosenberg, and Yang, as well as students nominated by Berkeley’s creative writing faculty, Lunch Poems volunteers, and representatives from student publications. Watch the complete webcast
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Support for this series is provided by Mrs. William Main, the Library, The Morrison Library Fund, the dean’s office of the College of Letters and Sciences, and the Townsend Center for the Humanities. These events are also partially supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from The James Irvine Foundation.