HOLLOWAY
LECTURER IN THE PRACTICE
OF
POETRY
The Holloway
Series honors one distinguished poet with a residency at
the University of California, Berkeley, formally known as
the Holloway Lectureship in the Practice of
Poetry. Residents teach a semester-long creative
writing workshop, and give a featured reading in the
Holloway series. They are also given much needed time and
space to write, while living in the Josephine Miles house
in North Berkeley.
LISA
ROBERTSON has been chosen as the 2006 - 2007
Holloway Poet. Robertson lives in France, and teaches at
The American University of Paris, and will be joining the
Berkeley community for the Fall of 2006. Her books of
poetry include The Apothecary, XEclogue,
Debbie: An Epic, and The Weather.
Occasional Works and Seven Walks from the Office for
Soft Architecture, a linked series of essays on
cities, architecture and ornament was published by Clear
Cut Press in Fall 2003 and a chapbook, Rousseau’s
Boat, was published by Nomados in 2004. Robertson is
currently completing a book-length version of
Rousseau's Boat. For more information about Lisa
Robertson's poetry, and her featured reading, Click Here.
Over the past 26 years, the Holloway fund has been
delighted to provide residencies for the following poets:
2006-07 ~ Lisa Robertson
2005-06 ~ Mark McMorris
2004-05 ~ Alice Fulton
2003-04 ~ Geoffrey G. O'Brien
2002-03 ~ Carol Snow
2001-02 ~ Joshua Clover
2000-01 ~ Norma Cole
1999-00 ~ Anne Carson
1998-99 ~ Robert Polito
1997-98 ~ Linda Gregg
1996-97 ~ Timothy Liu
1995-96 ~ Jackie Kay
1994-95 ~ Ron Johnson
1993-94 ~
1992-93 ~ Lyn Hejinian
1991-92 ~ Yusef Komunyakaa
1990-91 ~ Medibh McGuckian
1989-90 ~ Tom Sleigh
1988-89 ~ Paul Muldoon
1987-88 ~ Heather McHugh
1986-87 ~ Michael Palmer
1985-86 ~ August Kleinzahler
1984-85 ~ Pamela White Hadas
1983-84 ~ Robert Hass
1982-83 ~ Naomi Shihab Nye & Frank Bidart
1981-82 ~ Louise Glück
1980-81 ~ Sandra McPherson
