I create prose poetry / hybrid work / experimental or political or traditional lyric poetry / visual art that includes words / poetic films / music / interactive multimedia dance performance / etc, can I still apply? Oh yes. Please. We are interested in creating conversation/dialog/ exploration about poetry and the senses, with a focusing […]
Should I cry out and see what happens? –Frank O’Hara, Meditations in an Emergency I want to put down what the mountain has awakened. -–Vievee Francis, Forest Primevel Undergraduate Student Fellows: Menat Allah El Attma Emigrated from Egypt, Menat Allah El Attma majors in English Literature and Global Urban Humanities at UC Berkeley. She is […]
what did i know about waters rushing back what did i know about drowning or being drowned -–Lucille Clifton, the lost baby poem ARC Fellows Program: Modeled on the pre-existing ARC Fellows Program, the core of the Poetry and the Senses grant will fund working groups that bring together faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students, and […]
Who needs saving more than the one who forgot how the lazy cartographer mislabeled his birthplace as Loss? -–Kazim Ali, The Earthquake Days While by no means a comprehensive list, and in random order, here are some fabulous Bay Area (and beyond) poetry and writing connections: Townsend Center for the Humanities UCB readings and lectures, […]
A straight rain is rare and doors have suspicions and I hold that names begin histories and that the last century was a cruel one. — Lyn Hejinian ARC is thrilled to bring six poets to the UC Berkeley and Bay Area communities this spring for readings that are free and open to the public. […]
