by Frances Phillips | Aug 15, 2013
Poet Robert Hass collaborated with sculptor Tonu Shane Eagleton and Poetry Flash to create “24 Bars for a River Mural,” a poem and a tactile sculpture. Eagleton carved Hass’s poem alongside river images–birds, reptiles, and fish–on storm salvaged...
by Frances Phillips | Jul 23, 2013
Poet Truong Tran and photographer Chung Hoang Chuong worked with other Vietnamese Americans through the Huong Viet Community Center and traveled to Vietnam together, recording their responses in a book and exhibition. The artists had different generational experiences...
by Frances Phillips | Jul 12, 2013
As she embarked on this project, writer Opal Palmer Adisa had lived in West Oakland for seven years and witnessed rapid changes in the neighborhood. She sought to preserve and honor the voices, stories, and images of of its residents who had lived in West Oakland for...
by Frances Phillips | Jul 9, 2013
Writer Rebecca Solnit collaborated with The Oakland Zoo to produce a series of literary descriptions of California native wildlife that have been published in A California Bestiary, a book by Solnit, illustrated by Mona Caron, and published by Heyday Books in...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 21, 2013
Summer Brenner collaborated with the West Contra Costa Unified School District staff and students to create a novel that incorporates points of interest in Richmond, California, including local street names, local sites, and Richmond’s history. The 207-page...
