I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who came out to the first Works in Progress reading last night. It was great! I was glad to see so many familiar faces there :)
Also, i LOVE this class. Our discussions are so thorough and vibrant, and they linger with me throughout the week. I appreciate everything all of you bring to the table. Please, let's keep going at it. Have a great weekend!
Welcome to the Poets of Color of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries A small sampling of poetry by poets of color are examined in this class as a way of expanding our perception of the American poetry cannon. Our discussions investigate the new forms, open languages, and cultural origins of the works, and also how these poets intersect with the literary terrain.
Poets of Color
Elmaz Abinader, Instructor Office: 313 Mills Hall
510 430 2225 elmaz@earthlink.net
office hours: 5-6:30 Thursday and by appointment
Here are the texts for the class.
• Asian American Poetry: the Next Generation edited by Victoria Chang
• Voices from Leimert Park, ed by Shonda, Buchannan
• Effigies, An Anthology of New Indigenous Writing Pacific Rim, 2009, Okpik, Rexford McDougall, etc (Salt Publishing)
• The Wind Shifts, New Latino Poetry, Edited by Francisco Aragón
• The Essential Etheridge Knight by Etheridge Knight
• Mercy by Lucille Clifton
• Zodiac of Echoes by Khaled Mattawa
• Diwata by Barbara Jane Reyes
Thank you Chanel. I truly enjoyed your reading and believe it to be my pleasure to discuss works with you at the table. Write on and recite on. You're awesome!
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