the Poetry Center
presents
FALL 2009 CALENDAR
Please note new times and venues
======== FIGHT THE BUDGET CUTS ========
Thanks to the Governor and State Legislature
Nine Unpaid Work Furlough Days for Fall 2009
September 4, 8; October 23, 26;
plus five employee elective dates
Information HERE
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Monday-Thursday November 16-19
The Poetics of Healing
a week-long residency with renowned cultural historian and social critic Morris Berman
and poet Eleni Stecopoulos
Monday November 16
7:30 pm @ Moe's Books
a poetry reading by Morris Berman
and Eleni Stecopoulos
2476 Telegraph, Berkeley, free
Wednesday November 18
7:30 pm @ Unitarian Center
"A Question of Values"
a talk by Morris Berman
addressing the poetics of healing
1187 Franklin (at Geary), $5
Thursday November 19
a conversation between Morris Berman, Eleni Stecopoulos, and you, the audience
3:30 pm @ the Poetry Center, HUM 512, SFSU, free
"It is the truth itself that is healing, not New Age dreams or populist fantasies. And the truth is that real change is historical..."
— Morris Berman, The Twilight of American Culture
the Poetry Center — a two-year project hosted by the Poetry Center and curated by guest-artist Eleni Stecopoulos, is supported by the — CREATIVE WORK FUND
Thursday December 3 Black Nature
Camille T. Dungy, editor,
with anthology contributors
C. S. Giscombe, devorah major, Indigo Moor, Patricia Spears Jones
3:30 pm @ the Poetry Center
HUM 512, SFSU, free
8:00 pm @ the Green Arcade
1680 Market (at Gough), free
Saturday December 12
George Oppen Memorial Lecture
Rosmarie Waldrop
7:30 pm @ Unitarian Center
1187 Franklin (at Geary), $10
ALREADY GONE BY. . .
Thursday September 10
Poets Write Crime
Summer Brenner & Owen Hill
3:30 pm @ the Poetry Center
HUM 512, SFSU, free
7:30 pm @ the Green Arcade
1680 Market (at Gough), free
Thursday September 24
Maurice Scully & Tinker Greene
7:30 pm @ Unitarian Center
1187 Franklin (at Geary), $5
Thursday October 8
Giancarlo Campagna & Clive Matson
3:30 pm @ the Poetry Center
HUM 512, SFSU, free
Thursday October 15
Renee Gladman & Susan M. Schultz
3:30 pm @ the Poetry Center, HUM 512, SFSU, free
Thursday October 29
The Year Before the Flood
Ned Sublette, reading & singing
3:30 pm @ the Poetry Center
HUM 512, SFSU, free
7:00 pm @ the Green Arcade
1680 Market (at Gough), free
Thursday & Friday November 5 & 6
Ana Božičević & Amy King
Thursday November 5, 3:30 pm
@ the Poetry Center
HUM 512, SFSU, free
Friday November 6, 7:00 pm
@ the Green Arcade
1680 Market (at Gough), fre
Saturday November 7
PAMLA Conference Reading
Robin Tremblay-McGaw & Linda Russo
3:15 pm @ the Poetry Center, HUM 512, SFSU, free
co-sponsored by Pacific Ancient & Modern Languages Association
The Poetry Center since 1954 has hosted what is likely the longest continuously running poetry reading series in the United States. The Poetry Center presents dozens of public programs throughout the year, on the SFSU campus and at other sites in San Francisco. Our American Poetry Archives houses original audio and video recordings dating from 1954 to the present, available for public access.
Programs supported by San Francisco State University, the Creative Work Fund, Grants for the Arts/Hotel Tax Fund (City of San Francisco), National Endowment for the Arts, and Friends of the Poetry Center.
Your donation
supports our programs.
Checks should be mailed to:
The Poetry Center, SFSU
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco CA 94132
THANK YOU!
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