Lunch Poems: Vikram Chandra (excerpt)
Vikram Chandra teaches creative writing at UC Berkeley. He reads a poem by Robert Hayden. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 17993]
Feb 01, 2010•3 min
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Lunch Poems: C.D. Blanton (excerpt)
C.D. Blanton of the UC Berkeley English departments a poem by Saint-John Perse. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 17992]
Feb 01, 2010•6 min
Lunch Poems: Mark Goble (excerpt)
UC Berkeley’s Mark Goble reads two short poems. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 17995]
Jan 28, 2010•3 min
Lunch Poems: David Landreth (excerpt)
David Landreth reads the first sestina in the English language written by Edmund Spenser. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 17996]
Jan 26, 2010•6 min
Lunch Poems: Eric Falci (excerpt)
Eric Falci of the UC Berkeley English Department reads part of a Seamus Heaney poem. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 17994]
Jan 21, 2010•5 min
Lunch Poems: Emily Thornbury (excerpt)
UC Berkeley’s Emily Thornbury reads a riddle in poetry. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 17998]
Jan 18, 2010•3 min
Lunch Poems: Namwali Serpell (excerpt)
UC Berkeley’s Namwali Serpell reads a poem by Elizabeth Bishop. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 17997]
Jan 18, 2010•4 min
Lunch Poems: Melanie Abrams (excerpt)
Melanie Abrams reads her poetry. She currently teaches creative writing at UC Berkeley. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 17991]
Jan 14, 2010•2 min
Lunch Poems: A Korean Wave
A remarkably strong generation of women poets has emerged in Korea in the last decade. Five of them visited Berkeley, reading, and talking to Korean-American poets and the women poets of the Bay Area. This is a very rare chance to hear some of the most important and exciting voices in Asia: Jeongrye Choi, Young Mi Choi, Hwang Insuk, Chung-hee Moon and Ra Heeduk. They will read their work in English and Korean. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 15433]
Jul 01, 2009•54 min
Lunch Poems: Gary Snyder
Born in San Francisco in 1930, world-renowned poet, essayist, and environmentalist Gary Snyder has published sixteen books of poetry and prose, and received the Pulitzer Prize in 1974 for Turtle Island. Snyder has traveled widely and lived for extended periods of time in Japan, where he studied and practiced Rinzai Zen. He is currently a professor at University of California, Davis. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 15432]
May 04, 2009•29 min
Furay and Laswell Unplugged 2009
Songwriters Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield, Poco) and Greg Laswell (Three Flights From Alto Nido) share tips on composing lyrics and then play music for host Karl Martin as part of the 2009 Writer’s Symposium by the Sea sponsored by the Point Loma Nazarene University. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 15699]
Apr 20, 2009•29 min
Lunch Poems: Tomaz Salamun
One of the great postwar Central European poets, Slovenian Tomaz Salamun has published over thirty books. He has taught at universities around the world. He reads to an audience at UC Berkeley. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 15431]
Apr 20, 2009•29 min
Lunch Poems: Tracy K. Smith
Tracy K. Smith received degrees in English and creative writing from Harvard and Columbia, and was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in poetry at Stanford. Her first book, The Body's Question, was awarded the 2002 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, and her most recent collection, Duende: Poems, received the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. She teaches creative writing at Princeton. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 15430]
Apr 13, 2009•30 min
Lunch Poems: Ilya Kaminsky
Born in Odessa, Ilya Kaminsky immigrated to the United States in 1993 when his family was granted asylum by the American government. Kaminsky teaches comparative literature, poetry and literary translation at San Diego State University. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 15428]
Apr 13, 2009•28 min
Lunch Poems: Robin Blaser
Robin Blaser emerged from the Berkeley Renaissance of the 1940s and ‘50s along with Jack Spicer and Robert Duncan, and later established himself as one of Canada’s foremost experimental poets. In addition to numerous works of poetry, criticism, and translation, Blaser has also penned an English and Latin opera libretto entitled The Last Supper in collaboration with Sir Harrison Birtwistle. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 15429]
Apr 06, 2009•50 min
The 90s
Poet, editor, and scholar Juliana Spahr discusses her writing and research. Series: "The Center for Cultural Studies at UC Santa Cruz presents" [Humanities] [Show ID: 15001]
Sep 15, 2008•54 min
Lunch Poems: Jessica Fisher
Jessica Fisher’s Frail-Craft was the winner of the prestigious 2006 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition. She is a doctoral candidate in English at U.C. Berkeley and is coeditor, with Robert Hass, of The Addison Street Anthology, which chronicles Berkeley’s rich poetic history. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 13565]
May 12, 2008•27 min
Lunch Poems: Diane di Prima
World-renowned poet Diane di Prima, one of the preeminent writers to emerge from the Beat generation, wrote in Manhattan for many years before relocating to San Francisco, where she has been for nearly four decades. Her 43 books of poetry and prose have been translated into over twenty languages. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 13564]
May 05, 2008•29 min
Lunch Poems: Arthur Sze
Arthur Sze is an internationally known writer and celebrated translator. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Sze teaches at the Institute of American Indian Arts, and is the first poet laureate of Santa Fe, where he resides. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 13563]
Apr 28, 2008•29 min
Lunch Poems: Monica de la Torre
Born in Mexico City, Monica de la Torre came to the United States in 1993 on a Fulbright scholarship to study at Columbia University. Her poetry explores with great depth both the boundaries and the permeability of imposed identity, combining a playful use of form and dry humor with a hint of hopefulness. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 13562]
Apr 21, 2008•29 min
Lunch Poems: Amiri Baraka
Revolutionary poet, playwright, and activist Amiri Baraka is recognized as the founder of the Black Arts Movement, a literary period that began in Harlem in the 1960s and forever changed the look, sound, and feel of American poetry. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 13561]
Apr 14, 2008•26 min
Lunch Poems: John Matthias
Rich in its landscapes and its search for personal discovery, John Matthias’ poetry encompasses vast territories of history and culture. He has published more than twenty-five books, twelve of which are poetry, and is the editor of Notre Dame Review. This is his first visit to the west coast in over twenty-five years. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 13560]
Apr 07, 2008•28 min
UCSD Convocation: Derek Walcott
Considered by literary critics to be one of the finest living English language poets, Walcott also is a playwright, author, visual artist, and professor. His presentation includes poetry and commentary [Humanities] [Show ID: 12192]
Jul 17, 2007•52 min
Lunch Poems: Joanne Kyger
A prominent figure in California’s poetry scene for decades, Joanne Kyger writes poetry influenced by her practice of Zen Buddhism and her ties to the poets of Black Mountain, the San Francisco Renaissance, and the Beat Generation. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 11962]
Jun 11, 2007•28 min
Lunch Poems: Myung Mi Kim
Born in Seoul, Korea, Myung Mi Kim travels to the root of language, connecting speech and culture in a rich web of immaculate phrases. Kim strips words to the bone, using fragments and white space to enhance her themes of dislocation and first language loss. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 11961]
May 21, 2007•29 min
Lunch Poems: Dunya Mikhail
Iraqi poet Dunya Mikhail immigrated to the United States in 1996 after increasing harassment over her poetry, which confronts war and exile with subversive depictions of suffering. In 2001 she was awarded the UN Human Rights Award for Freedom of Writing. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 11960]
Apr 23, 2007•29 min
A Conversation with Eugene Peterson - 2007
Author, poet, pastor and professor Eugene Peterson charms his audience as he recalls his effort to translate the Bible into The Message, an interpretation geared for modern readers. The book has such wide appeal that U2’s Bono began quoting from it at concerts. But when told of this, Peterson’s response was “Who is Bono?” Peterson is joined host Dean Nelson in Part 2 of the 2007 Writers Symposium by the Sea, sponsored by Point Loma Nazarene University. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Hu...
Apr 16, 2007•30 min
Nathaniel Mackey
Part antiphonal rant, part rhythmic whisper, Nathaniel Mackey reads from his new book of poetry and talks about his writing to an audience at UC Santa Cruz where he is a professor of literature. Mackey recently received the 2006 National Book Award for poetry. [Humanities] [Show ID: 12221]
Apr 16, 2007•29 min
Lunch Poems: Jack Marshall
Born in Brooklyn to an Iraqi father and a Syrian mother, Jack Marshall explores the cultures and cities that shaped his artistic awakening. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 11959]
Mar 12, 2007•28 min
Lunch Poems: Michael Palmer
The recent recipient of the prestigious Academy of American Poets Wallace Stevens award for "outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry," Michael Palmer is regarded as "one of America's most important poets" by Harvard Review. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 11957]
Mar 05, 2007•29 min
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