Daily Archives: January 23, 2020

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 2020 Fellows

what did i know about waters rushing back what did i know about drowning or being drowned -–Lucille Clifton Thanks to a generous multi-year grant from Engaging the Senses Foundation, the Arts Research Center (ARC) is hosting a fellowship program dedicated to exploring Poetry & the Senses. The program is grounded in the relevance 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: Poetry for the People UCB readings, bridging university and […]

––we are always digging each other out from an intimatesort of rubble––– Natalie Diaz Visiting Writer, Flash, and Fellow Readings ARC has been fortunate to host an incredible array of visiting writers with our Poetry & the Senses initiative. Begun in January 2020, by this May we will have heard from 25 poets reading and […]