Hollie hardy, recipient of the poetry center book award for her how to take a bullet and other survival poems punk hostage press, 2014, reads from her book together with award judge mukta sambrani. Hollie hardys poems in how to take a bullet and other survival poems are important. Poetry center book award winner alli warren reads with award judge laury moriarty. The full program includes pardlo reading from his book totem copper canyon press, 2007 and extensively from digest. The poetry center book award since 1980 the poetry center book award has been presented annually to a single outstanding book of poetry published in the previous year. Awards poetry center san francisco state university. The poetry center, san francisco state university, san francisco.
List of book awards out of the drawer and into print. Bao phi reads franks nursery and crafts, from thousand star hotel, thursday november 14, 2019, at the poetry center, san francisco state university. Kuwentuhan talkstory san francisco state university. Norton, the john norton fellowship enables an advanced student in cinema or related studies to work with doc film institute at sfsu to videorecord all live programs in the acclaimed poetry center reading series. Presented annually since 1980, the award carries a cash prize and is meant to celebrate a single outstanding book of poetry published in the previous year. Taitano, and angela narciso torres held at alley cat books in san francisco. Sfsu poetry center s premier mazza writer in residence thanks to a generous grant from the mazza foundation, the poetry center at san francisco state university is pleased to announce the first mazza writer in residence, bay area poet and activist tongo eisenmartin. Phi won the award for thousand star hotel coffee house press, 2017. Video the poetry center and american poetry archives. Noah eli gordon in the author of ten collections of poetry, including novel pictorial noise, which was selected by john ashbery for the national poetry series and subsequently chosen for the san francisco state poetry center book award. Ashley toliver and jason bayani, reading and in conversation.
About the poetry center the poetry center and american. The poetry center presents the second event of the kuwentuhan talkstory project, a reading featuring javier o. Stephen ratclife wins annual book award for nature. Barbara jane reyes was born in the philippines, raised in the bay area and is the author of diwata, a recent finalist for the california book award, and two previous collections of poetry, gravities of center arkipelago books, 2003 and poeta en san francisco tinfish press, 2005, which received the james laughlin award of the academy of. Letterrs reignites the exciting potentiality for working with the open space of the page, ever aware of the specific attentive care thats required, dunagan writes in his statement announcing the award. Hollie hardy and mukta sambrani san francisco state. Recipients of the poetry center book award, 1980present. The poetry center organizes and presents some 30 public readings, performances and poetryrelated talks each year, on the sf state campus and at many other bay area venues, featuring outstanding poets and writers from across the literary spectrum.
Lauren levin awarded sf states poetry center book award for the braid. Checks should be payable to the poetry center, and entrees mailed to. The poetry center, san francisco state university home. Melissa mack 2015 orlando white for lett ers nightboat books judge. Hardy seeks dialog with other poets, authors and artists, burying borrowings like precious jewels, skillfully planting leonard cohen and virginia woolf, thomas pynchon and sylvia. Lauren levin awarded sf states poetry center book award. Fourteen hills and sfsu administer the stacy doris memorial poetry award. The poetry center s book award is given annually to a single book of poetry that the center feels is exemplary. She teaches poetry at the the attic institute in southeast portland and serves as poetry editor at moss.
Sarah menefee reads from human star, thursday november 14, 2019, at the poetry center, san francisco state university. Fourteen hills is the san francisco state university mfa program literary magazine. Full program video at poetry center digital archive. The poetry center book award winner lauren levin, author of the braid, reads from her work with award judge melissa mack. Other recent publications include little hill the elephants, moveable c push press, dont go home with your heart on faux press and here come the warm jets city lights, which won the poetry center book award and was nominated for the california book award.
The poetry center presents poetry center book award winner bao phi, reading and in conversation with award judge sarah menefee. In lovely news, lauren levin, author of the braid krupskaya, 2016. The full program features bao phis complete reading, a. Selected poems, remnants of hannah, reverse rapture, which received the 2006 sfsu poetry center book award, hat on a pond, voyages in english, our master plan, which received a phi beta kappa award finalist citation, blue for the plough, the book of knowledge, all you have in common, the 8step grapevine. September 26, 1974 the poetry center presents audre lorde, reading her poems from new york head shop and museum broadside press, 1974 as well as a then recent poem titled power. In lovely news, lauren levin, author of the braid krupskaya, 2016 and, most recently, justice piece transmission timeless, infinite light, 2018, has just been awarded san francisco state universitys poetry center book award. The poetry center, san francisco state university posts. Ashley toliver is the author of spectra coffee house press, 2018, which in addition to being awarded the poetry center book award, was a finalist for the 2018 believer book award, 2020 kate tufts discovery award, and the oregon book award. The poetry center book award has been presented annually since 1980 by the poetry center, san francisco state university, to a single outstanding book of. Bao phi reads lights, from thousand star hotel, thursday november 14, 2019, at the poetry center, san francisco state university. Warren is being honored for her 20 collection here come the warm jets city lights spotlight series. She finds new ways to undermine the expected while allowing you to go forward. Dara wier is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including in the still of the night wave books, 2017, you good thing wave books, 20, selected poems wave books, 2009, remnants of hannah wave books, 2006, reverse rapture verse press, 2005.
Sarah menefee reads from her books human star factory school, 2005, cement swimming with elephants publications, 2019, and unpublished poems. Orlando white receives the poetry center book award for letterrs nightboat books, 2015 and reads with award judge patrick james dunagan. Welcome to the poetry center and american poetry archives. Bao phi, poetry center book award reading the poetry. The full program features menefees complete reading, a. Lauren levin is a poet and mixedgenre writer, author of the braid krupskaya, 2016, which won the sfsu poetry center book award, and justice piece.
Celebrate the winner of the 2018 gina berriault award. Awards the poetry center and american poetry archives. Lauren levin is a poet and mixedgenre writer, author of the braid krupskaya, 2016, which won the sfsu poetry center book award, and justice piece transmission timeless, infinite light, 2018. The award carries a cash prize and an invitation to read, along with the award judge, at the poetry center. Minneapolisbased bao phi, winner of the poetry center book award, reads from his work and participates in a conversation with award judge sarah menefee. Sarah menefee 2016 lauren levin for the braid krupskaya judge. Funded by a gift to the poetry center at sfsu from the estate of john f.
Atlantic city pimp, from his book digest four way books, 2014, awarded the 2015 pulitzer prize in poetry, december 1, 2015, for the poetry center, san francisco state university. Hes an associate professor in the mfa program at the university of coloradoboulder, where he currently. The poetry center book award has been presented annually since 1980 by the poetry center to a single outstanding book of poetry published in the previous year. Bao phi, poetry center book award reading the poetry center. The award carries a cash prize and an invitation to read, along with the award judge, at the poetry center, san francisco state university. From original materials from the 1968 student strike to thousands of videos from the bay area television archive to poetry readings from the worldclass poetry center, diva collections illustrate the campus commitment to social justice and our place in the san francisco bay area community. Lauren levin awarded sf states poetry center book award for the. It was really fascinating, said steve dickison, director of the poetry center and the host of the event, following ratcliffes reading. The poetry center reading series, founded in 1954, is one of the longestrunning such programs in the country, with roots in the 1950s san francisco poetry renaissance. The collected poems of barbara guest by barbara guest. Founded in 1994, it publishes poetry, fiction, short plays, and literary.
The poetry center book award has been presented annually since 1980 by the poetry center, san francisco state university, to a single outstanding book of poetry published in the previous year. Melissa mack, judge for the poetry center book award, reads from her book, the next crystal text timeless, infinite light, 2018, and from newer work, before introducing levin. John norton poetry center fellowship documentary film. Canceled zaina alsous and wendy trevino, mazza writer in residence, reading from their work. The award carries a cash prize and an invitation to read, along with the award judge, at the poetry center in san francisco. The braid is rigorous and uncomfortable and beautiful, mack writes in her judges citation for the award.
Hollie hardy, recipient of the poetry center book award for how to take a bullet and other survival poems punk hostage press, 2014, reads from her book together with award. Dara wier is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including in the still of the night forthcoming from wave books, 2017 you good thing wave books, 20, selected poems wave books, 2009, remnants of hannah wave books, 2006, reverse rapture verse press, 2005, 2006 sfsu poetry center book award, hat on a pond verse press, 2002. Hardy seeks dialog with other poets, authors and artists, burying borrowings like. Sarah menefee, poetry center book award reading the poetry. Winner of the sfsu poetry center book award 2010 one of the most notable members of the new york schooland its bestknown womanbarbara guest began writing poetry in the 1950s in company that included john ashbery, kenneth koch, frank ohara, and james schuyler. The poetry center presents lauren levin and melissa mack, reading and in conversation. The event will be held at sfsus poetry center and will feature authors like peter orner.