by Frances Phillips | Sep 30, 2016 | 2014, Literary Arts, News
On Thursday, September 29, poets Denise Newman and Hazel White and their collaborators at the University of California at Berkeley Botanical Gardens celebrated the culmination of their two-year project during which the poets kept weekly studio hours in the garden, led...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 10, 2016 | 2014, Literary Arts, News
On Wednesday evening, June 22, at 5:30 p.m., Denise Newman and Hazel White invite visitors to join them at the U.C., Botanical Garden at Berkeley for a poetic walk along Strawberry Creek. The two poets have been in residence at the garden, collaborating with its...
by Frances Phillips | May 17, 2016 | 2014, Literary Arts, News
Oakland City Hall and its immediate surroundings will welcome the second annual Oakland Book Festival on Sunday, May 22. Among the many presenters and moderators, Creative Work Fund recipient Linda Norton featured in a slide presentation and talk about Agricultural...
by Frances Phillips | Apr 18, 2016 | 2014, Literary Arts, News
On April 21-23, the Poetry Center at San Francisco State University is presenting the fruits of its collaboration with Barbara Jane Reyes, “Kuwentuhan (Talkstory),” a collective performance developed with Filipino American writers. The project kicks-off...
by Frances Phillips | Feb 17, 2016 | 2014, Literary Arts, News
Writer and artist Linda Norton will read from her book The Public Gardens: Poems and History, and from new work she’s developed through Home and Away: Oakland, California Prisons, and the Geography of the Heart — her collaborative project with Peralta...
