A new school year means a whole new slate of events! This year, the Tomas Rivera Endowment and The Department of Creative Writing, along with the Inlandia Institute, Chicano Student Programs, and CHASS F1RST present THE SEARCHERS Poetry Reading Series.
Confused about "the searchers?" If you are, don't fret. It refers to an epic poem that Tomas Rivera wrote, dealing with the many meanings of searching, like searching for home, for work, for a purpose, for a life better than the one migrant workers had.
For our first inaugural speaker, we have RENATO ROSALDO.
Here's a little info on Renato Rosaldo:
An internationally known cultural anthropologist, Renato Rosaldo started writing poetry in English and Spanish while recovering from a stroke in 1996. His first book of poetry, Prayer to Spider Woman/Rezo a la mujer araña received an American Book Award (2004). Individual poems have won the El Bandar poetry contest (2000) and the Many Mountains Moving poetry contest (2005). Currently a Professor of Anthropology at New York University and Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences Emeritus at Stanford University, and also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He will be at the University of California, Riverside on the following dates:
WEDNESDAY -October 28, 2009 POETRY READING
Time and Place -12:00 PM –1:30 pm @ CHASS INTS 1111
THURSDAY -October 29, 2009 “HOW POETRY CHOSE ME”
Time and place -12:00 Pm –2:00 PM @ CHASS INTS 1109
We'll be hosting many speakers in the following months, so make sure to stay tuned to this blog for the latest updates.
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