[Cwgrad-announcements] FW: May 14th Geffen Event!!

[Amanda J Labagnara]

Lyric Narrative
May 14 - 7:30pm Monday

AL YOUNG's honors include fellowships from Guggenheim, Fulbright, and the
NEA, two American Book Awards and two New York Times Notable Book of the
year citations. The Poet Laureate of California, his many novels, poetry
collections, essays, memoirs and anthologies have been translated into more
than a dozen languages. 


EILEEN MYLES is both a virtuosic performer of her own writing and a prolific
author--Sorry, Tree (poems, wave books) is the latest of more than twenty
collections of poetry and fiction (including Chelsea Girls and Not Me)
libretti (Hell), performances, and plays. She's also contributed essays,
articles and reviews to The Nation, Book Forum, The Village Voice, and
others. She has been Artistic Director of St. Mark's Poetry Project, and she
conducted a write in candidate for President in 1992. Currently she is a
Professor of Writing at UCSD.
Moderator: 
JEWELL PARKER RHODES is the Director and Endowed Chair of ASU's Piper Center
for Creative Writing. She is author of seven books, including: Voodoo
Dreams, Douglass' Women, and Porch Stories. Her awards include: the American
Book Award, the NEA, an American Library Award, and the PEN Oakland for
Outstanding Writing.


Maurya Simon

Professor 
Department of Creative Writing
University of California Riverside
900 University Avenue
Riverside, CA 92521-0318

TEL. (951) 827-2006 (office)

FAX: (951) 827-3619 
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