The Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives

Diana Khoi Nguyen and Lan Duong, reading at the Global Museum

Felix-James Igenegbae Okugbe — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 02:29:20 +0000

Thursday, April 13, 2023

04:00 p.m. - 06:00 p.m. PT

Free

The Global Museum, Fine Arts

poetry@sfu.edu

Overview

Mask requested for in-person attendance
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Poets Diana Kho Nguyen and Lan Duong each share their work, and engage in conversation with their audience, on this afternoon program at SF State's Global Museum site in the Fine Arts Building. Co-presented by The Poetry Center, DVAN: Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network, and The Global Museum, in conjunction with the exhibition Textures of Remembrance: Vietnamese Artists and Writers Reflect on the Vietnamese Diaspora, gathering work exploring the date of April 30, 1975, marking the Fall/Liberation of Saigon.

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Campus community pays tribute to women of Iran through music, poetry

Christopher Clark — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 20:06:33 +0000

Campus community pays tribute to women of Iran through music, poetry

Author: Matt Itelson

March 2, 2023

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Farnaz Zabetian/Clarion Alley Mural Project

San Francisco State University students, faculty and alumni are coming together for several events this month supporting women’s rights in Iran. Admission is free.

Professor Persis Karim, director of the San Francisco State Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies, organized the events with Music Professor Hafez Modirzadeh. Karim says the events are a tribute to the “brave women, girls and youth of Iran and, more importantly, students, who continue to fight for their rights even in the midst of severe state violence.”

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Aaron Shurin and Robert Glück, 75th Birthday Reading & Celebration

Alexis Cabrera — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 18:25:25 +0000

Thursday, September 22, 2022

07:00 p.m. - 09:00 p.m. PT

Free

McRoskey Mattress Co., 1687 Market St, San Francisco

poetry@sfsu.edu

Overview

Our friends and fellow poets Aaron Shurin and Robert Glück each turn 75 this year, and we're putting on a little celebratory reading and evening in their honor. Both are also alums of The Poetry Center, and have been teachers and mentors to dozens of younger poets and writers across the years. Please join us to celebrate their collective anniversary.

This program also available via live-stream and at the same link after the event. Masks are required for those attending in person.

Co-presented by The Poetry Center and The Green Arcade, with thanks to our generous host, McRoskey Mattress Co.

Visit the Poetry Center's website to learn more about the event.