Creative Writing

Poetry and the Senses Launch and Conversation

February 4, 2020

Poetry and the Senses Launch and Conversation With Indira Allegra, Chiyuma Elliott, and Lyn Hejinian Tuesday, February 4, 2020
5:30 – 7:00pm: Readings + Conversation
7:00 – 7:30pm: Reception + Celebration
Morrison Library, UC Berkeley

Watch the recording here!

Co-sponsored by Arts Research Center and Engaging the Senses Foundation

Camille T. Dungy & Ross Gay

November 17, 2021
Camille T. Dungy & Ross Gay: Black Nature, Poetry, and Coexistence in conversation with Aya de León and Maurya Kerr Wednesday, November 17th 2021 5:00 – 6:30pm PST

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Celebrating Cave Canem

October 20, 2021
Celebrating Cave Canem: Cornelius Eady with Morgan Parker & Cameron Awkward-Rich in conversation with Chiyuma Elliott & Vincente Perez Wednesday, October 20th 2021 5:00 – 6:30pm PST Watch the recording here!

Detroit Roots: Tarfia Faizullah, Vievee Francis, & Matthew Olzmann

April 28, 2023
Detroit Roots: A reading featuring Tarfia Faizullah, Vievee Francis, and Matthew Olzmann in conversation with Chiyuma Elliott & Jesse Nathan Thursday, April 28, 2022, from 5:30 – 7pm PST
Doe Library Room 308A, UC Berkeley

Watch the recording here!

Chapbook Launch & Poetry Reading featuring Marisa Lin and Cianga

April 17, 2024
Chapbook Launch & Poetry Reading featuring Marisa Lin and Cianga Wednesday, April 17, 2024 5pm Arts Research Center, Hearst Field Annex D23

Join the Arts Research Center in celebrating the first chapbook publications of Poetry & the Senses Fellows Marisa Lin and Cianga. Each poet will read for 20 minutes, followed by a book signing. Free & open to the public.

Fractured History: Martha Redbone Songwriting Workshop

February 27, 2025
Fractured History: Martha Redbone Songwriting Workshop Featuring Martha Redbone & Musician Aaron Whitby Thursday, Feb 27, 2025
4pm – 6pm
Morrison Hall, Rm 250

Workshop open to UC Berkeley Undergraduate, Graduate, and Post-Doc Students

A collaboration between Cal Performances' Illuminations, the Department of Music, and the Arts Research Center with support by the Dean's Office of the Division of Arts & Humanities...

Esther Belin: Lunch Poems Reading + Craft Talk

March 7, 2024
Esther Belin Lunch Poems Reading + Craft Talk Thursday, March 7, 2024 12-1pm: Lunch Poems Reading
Morrison Library 4-5:15pm: Craft Talk: Diné Land/Sound(scape) as Poetics
Arts Research Center, Hearst Field Annex D23

Presented by the Arts Research Center and the English Dept, with support from Dr. and Mrs. Tom Colby, the Berkeley Library, the Morrison Library Fund, the Dean’s Office of the College of Letters and Science, and Poets & Writers, Inc.

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Mother Language Day

February 21, 2024
Mother Language Day Celebration Wed Feb 21, 2024
10 – 11am
Hearst Field Annex D23

Reading by Deborah Miranda

January 29, 2024
Reading by Deborah Miranda in conversation with Estelle Tarica Monday, January 29, 2024 2:00 – 3:15pm Maude Fife Room 315, Wheeler Hall

The Arts Research Center welcomes writer Deborah Miranda to Berkeley for a reading and conversation, free and open to the public. Her reading will be followed by a short conversation with Estelle Tarica, Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture and Chair of the Dept of Spanish & Portuguese.

Deborah A. Miranda...

Sa Whitley

2023 ARC Fellow - Poetry & the Senses
Sa Whitley was an ARC Fellow in Fall 2023 with the Poetry & the Senses initiative, in collaboration with Arizona State University – they were chosen in the Faculty Fellow category.

Sa Whitley (they/them/theirs) is a black queer poet and a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Transformation at Arizona State University. They received their Ph.D. in Gender Studies and an M.A. in African American Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. Whitley has received poetry fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference (‘22), Cave Canem, and the...