Fukushima/Tanka/San Francisco: The Voice of NOW in an Ancient Poetic Form
Tuesday FEB 5: 4:30–6:00 pm @ César Chavez Student Gallery, SFSU
a reading with SFSU graduate students in Japanese and Creative Writing
co-sponsored by the Dilena Takeyama Center for the Study of Japan & Japanese
culture, Foreign Languages and Literature Department, César Chavez Student Gallery,
and the Poetry Center in conjunction with the exhibition
Voices from Japan: TANKA--After the Tsunami
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, with John-Carlos Perea & Jimmy Biala
Thursday FEB 7: 4:30 pm @ the Poetry Center, HUM 512, SFSU
a reading by renowned poet, editor & Native American activist accompanied with live music by multi-instrumentalist/ethnomusicologist John-Carlos
Perea, from SFSU’s American Indian Studies faculty, and his frequent collaborator,
drummer/percussionist Jimmy Biala
CAConrad and Kazim Ali
Thursday FEB 21: 4:30 pm @ the Poetry Center, HUM 512, SFSU
a reading & conversation with two celebrated contemporary poets
Rosa Alcalá and Roberto Tejada
Thursday FEB 28: 4:30 pm @ the Poetry Center, HUM 512, SFSU
Friday MAR 1: 7:00 pm @ Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell St., San Francisco
two appearances by remarkable poet/translator/scholars
The Last VisPo Anthology: Visual Poetry 1998–2008,
with editors Crag Hill & Nico Vassilakis, and guests
Thursday MAR 14: 4:30 pm @ the Poetry Center, HUM 512, SFSU
Friday MAR 15: 7:00 pm @ Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell St., San Francisco
two events celebrating 21st century international visual poetry anthology
Links for The Last VisPo
http://www.fantagraphics.com/images/stories/previews/lasvis-preview.pdf
http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/12/05/vispo/
Andrew Levy and Julie Patton
Thursday MAR 21: 4:30 pm @ The Poetry Center, HUM 512, SFSU
two poet-performers reading and in conversation
Mark Wallace, Andrew Levy, and Julie Patton with Paul Van Curen, guitar
Saturday MAR 23: 7:00 pm @ Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell St., San Francisco
an evening of poetry and performance
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