I will be reading with Shirley Ancheta and Jeff Tagami this evening at UC Santa Cruz (event info here), and despite my being currently flu-ish and medicated, I can’t wait.
In the meantime, here is info for next week’s Achiote Press reading at the UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Library:
Achiote Press will celebrate the release of our Spring issues with a party on Friday, April 25th at the Ethnic Studies Library on the UC Berkeley campus. The event will feature special readings by former Achiote contributors Barbara Jane Reyes (Poeta en San Francisco) Truong Tran (Within The Margin), and Oscar Bermeo (Anywhere Avenue). Maria Tuttle will read from her new Achiote chapbook, Saramé. This chapbook contains an excerpt from Tuttle’s historical novel about the life of a woman in El Paso, Texas during the early 20th century. Gabriela Erandi Rico will read from her contributions to the new Achiote Seeds chapjournal. Javier Huerta, author of Some Clarifications y otras poemas, will perform selections from the other contributors to the journal: Cristina García, Emmy Pérez and Brenda Cárdenas. Poet Oscar Bermeo will emcee the night.
We’ll have food, drinks and music. The event is free, open to the public and we welcome families and children.
When: Friday, April 25th: 6pm–8pm
Where: Ethnic Studies Library, Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley Campus
(see a campus map here: http://www.berkeley.edu/map/)
Sponsored by the Ethnic Studies Graduate Group, Asian American Studies Program, and Chicano Studies Program.
Tags: Achiote Press
21 April 2008 at 2:50 am |
Barbara Jane – thanks again for visiting us at UCSC last week! “Poeta” was part of a lively discussion in my “geoimaginary CA” grad course the next day. Was great to see you again & cheers to what’s next! :) Stephanie
21 April 2008 at 4:10 pm |
Stephanie, thanks again for coming out. It was a pleasant surprise to see you at UCSC. “Geoimaginary CA” sounds like an awesome class. Glad to hear Poeta was discussed in a lively manner! (Would love to hear more… :-) Does Karen teach that? Anyway, good to hear from you.
23 April 2008 at 5:41 pm |
Hi Barbara Jane,
The “Geoimaginary CA” group is taking this quarter to think about literary and cultural contacts between SF, Honolulu, LA and other Pacific regions. “Poeta” and new works by Al Robles and Karen (exploring the I-Hotel, SF API history, etc.) are fantastic instances of illustrating how SF has been/is being re/constructed. The challenge will always be, In what other interesting ways can we think about SF and its history of imperialism, etc.? Our fearless leader is Rob Wilson (think you met him), resident poet/scholar/visionary. In any case, good luck with the upcoming marathons, and I’ll be watching for more interesting discussions!