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Lunch Poems: Giovanni Singleton
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This reading celebrates the publication of "ascension," the first book of Poems by giovanni singleton, coordinator of Lunch Poems. She has recently been selected by the Poetry Society of America for its biennial New American Poets series. singleton is a recipient of a New Langton Bay Area Award Show for Literature and has been a fellow at Squaw Valley Community of Writers, Cave Canem: A Workshop for African-American Poets, and the Napa Valley WritersŐ Conference. She is founding editor of "nocturnes (re)view," a critically acclaimed journal dedicated to artists and writers of the African Diaspora and other contested spaces. (29 minutes)

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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Lecture
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Date Added:
05/13/2002
Lunch Poems: Graham Foust
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Knoxville, Tennessee native Graham Foust is the author of four books of poetry: As in Every Deafness, Leave the Room to Itself, Necessary Stranger, and A Mouth in California. David Olsen says FoustŐs ŇPoems are carefully contained so that we can find a place in them.Ó He directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Saint Mary's College in Moraga, CA.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
04/13/2009
Lunch Poems: Harryette Mullen
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Harryette Mullen admits to being "licked all over by the English tongue." Her fifth poetry collection, Sleeping with the Dictionary, published by UC Press, was a finalist for the National Book Award and for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry for its "gleeful pursuit of the ludic pleasure of word games." Her work combines the experimentation of the French OULIPO group with an American funk and political awareness. Mullen is associate professor of English and African American Studies at UCLA. Her other books include Muse & Drudge and Trimmings. (28 minutes)

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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Lecture
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Date Added:
11/02/2008
Lunch Poems: Jessica Fisher
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Jessica Fisher's Frail-Craft was the winner of the prestigious 2006 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition. She is a doctoral candidate in English at U.C. Berkeley and is coeditor, with Robert Hass, of The Addison Street Anthology, which chronicles Berkeley's rich poetic history. (27 minutes)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature
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Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
05/13/2012
Lunch Poems: John Matthias
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Rich in its landscapes and its search for personal discovery, John MatthiasŐ poetry encompasses vast territories of history and culture. He has published more than twenty-five books, twelve of which are poetry, and is the editor of Notre Dame Review. This is his first visit to the west coast in over twenty-five years. (28 minutes)

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Arts and Humanities
History
Literature
U.S. History
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Lecture
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UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
04/08/2012
Lunch Poems: Kick Off 2003
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A stellar range of campus figures read and discuss their favorite Poems. This year's line-up: Nezar Alsayyad (Architecture, Middle Eastern Studies), John Berry (Native American Studies), Frederick Dolan (Rhetoric), Elizabeth Dupuis (Doe Library), Jocelyne Guilbault (Music), Ray Lifchez (Architecture), Martha Olney (Economics), Christos Papadimitriou (Computer Science), Pablo Spiller (Haas School of Business), Steve Tollefson (College Writing). (58 minutes)

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Arts and Humanities
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Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
01/13/2009
Lunch Poems: Kick Off 2004
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A range of Berkeley luminaries read and discuss their favorite Poems. This year's line-up: Barbara Ertter (Jepson Herbarium), H. Mack Horton (East Asian Languages), Amy Kautzman (Doe Library), Elaine Kim (Ethnic Studies), Ray Lifchez (Architecture), Cam Nguyet Nguyen (Southeast Asian Studies), Bob Osserman (Mathematical Science Research Center), Laura Perez (Chicano Studies), John Prausnitz (Chemical Engineering), and Frank Worrell (Education). (59 minutes)

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Arts and Humanities
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Lecture
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Date Added:
10/12/2008
Lunch Poems: Kick-off 2009
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Hosted by Robert Hass and University Librarian Thomas C. Leonard, the kickoff features distinguished new members of the UC Berkeley English Department faculty introducing and reading a favorite Poems. (28 minutes)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature
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Lecture
Provider:
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Date Added:
02/18/2010
Lunch Poems: Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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A prominent figure in the wide-open poetry movement of the 50s, Lawrence Ferlinghetti gave voice to a generation that changed the face of poetry forever. Challenging the elite's definition of art and the artist's role, Ferlinghetti founded City Lights Bookstore, providing a meeting place for writers, artists, and intellectuals for over a half century. Ferlinghetti's A Coney Island of the Mind continues to be the most popular poetry book in the United States. His most recent work, Americus Book I was published by New Directions in 2004. Tune in for this reading before a live audience at UC Berkeley. (28 minutes)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
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Date Added:
01/24/2010
Lunch Poems: Li-Young Lee
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World-acclaimed young poet Li Young Lee fuses memory, family, culture, and history in his work. Meditating on the vulnerability of humanity, Lee produces passionate and profound lyrical poetry. (28 minutes)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
Literature
U.S. History
World Cultures
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
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Date Added:
09/16/2007
Lunch Poems: Lisa Chen
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Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Lisa Chen earned a BA from UC Berkeley and an MFA from the University of Iowa. Her debut collection of poetry, mouth, received a 2009 award from the Association for Asian American Studies. Sesshu Foster says that ChenŐs work Ňstartles with soulful complexity.Ó (28 minutes)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
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Date Added:
04/27/2009
Lunch Poems: Lyn Hejinian
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Lyn Hejinian is the author or co-author of 14 books of poetry, including most recently "My Life in the Nineties" and "The Fatalist," as well as the award-winning "My Life." Poetry Flash has described My Life as a work that has "real, almost hypnotic power, obvious intelligence, and [is] astonishingly beautiful." (36 minutes)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
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Date Added:
04/20/2008
Lunch Poems: Maxine Hong Kingston
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Maxine Hong Kingston burst on the literary scene in 1976 with her book, "The Woman Warrior". A UC Berkeley graduate and professor, she has delighted audiences with books such as "China Men" and "Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book". In recent years she has started to write more poetry, including "To Be the Poet" from Harvard University Press. (55 minutes)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
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Date Added:
04/13/2008
Lunch Poems: Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
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Born in Beijing, China, and raised in Massachusetts, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge molds language with seemingly effortless beauty and grace that invites the reader on a journey between worlds. She has published three books of poetry. Her selected Poems, "I Love Artists," is forthcoming from UC Press (April, 2006). Tune is as she reads a selection of her Poems before a live audience at UC Berkeley. (28 minutes)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
04/25/2010
Lunch Poems: Michael S. Harper
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Poet Michael Harper makes a rare West Coast appearance for this installment from the Lunch Poems series. Harper has published over ten books of poetry, including Songlines in Michaeltree: New and Collected Poems and his book Dear John, Dear Coltrane was nominated for the National Book Award. (58 minutes)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature
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Lecture
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Date Added:
01/27/2008
Lunch Poems: Monica de la Torre
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Born in Mexico City, Monica de la Torre came to the United States in 1993 on a Fulbright scholarship to study at Columbia University. Her poetry explores with great depth both the boundaries and the permeability of imposed identity, combining a playful use of form and dry humor with a hint of hopefulness. (28 minutes)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
04/22/2012