UC BERKELEY FACULTY POETS
UC Berkeley's roundup of poet-professors!
UC Berkeley's roundup of poet-professors!
Robert Hass, Former U.S. Poet Laureate, won both
the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize
winning for his book Time and Materials
(Ecco, 2007).
Pioneering language poet and Curator of the
Holloway Series, Lyn Hejinian reads from her newest
work, Situations, Sings
(AIP, 2008) and Saga/CIrcus (Omnidawn, 2008).
Poet, editor, essayist and teacher Cecil Giscombe
reads from his new book of poetry, Praire Style (September 2008, Dalkey Archive
Press).
Innovative teacher of poetry and poetry writing,
Geoffrey G. O'Brien's latest book is Green and Gray, (U of California Press,
2007). Hear poetry from his latest book
and from his current project.
John Shoptaw's poetry workshop is a perennial
favorite among young poets at Cal. He recently
completed the libretto for Eric Sawyer's opera
Our American
Cousin. Hear him read from his
epic poetry of the middle-west.
Robert Hass
Lyn Hejinian
Cecil Giscombe
John Shoptaw
Geoffrey G.
O'Brien
THURSDAY SEPT.
4TH
6:30PM
THE MAUDE FIFE ROOM
315 WHEELER HALL
UC BERKELEY
Reception beforehand