Join us on Thursday April 6, from 12:10 to 12:50 pm for a Lunch Poems reading featuring devorah major, who served as San Francisco’s third Poet Laureate from 2002 to 2006. In addition to her four poetry books, she has published four poetry chapbooks, two novels including An Open Weave (winner of the ALA Black Caucus First Novel Award), and two biographies for young adults. In 2016, City Lights Publishing released a new poetry collection and then we became. major’s poetry has been recorded on four CDs and she performs nationally and internationally with and without musicians. She is Poet-in-Residence at San Francisco’s Fine Arts Museums and a Senior Adjunct Professor in Diversity Studies at California College for the Arts. Lunch Poems is a monthly poetry reading series held in UC Berkeley’s Morrison Library.
Details
Thursday, April 6, 2017
12:10 to 12:50 pm
Morrison Library, UC Berkeley Campus
lunchpoems.berkeley.edu
Free and open to the public
The Library attempts to offer programs in accessible, barrier-free settings. If you think you may require disability-related accommodations, please contact the event sponsor — ideally at least two weeks prior to the event. The event sponsor is Ashley L. Bacchi, 510-664-7737, lcoevents@berkeley.edu.