Thursday, July 21, 2011

TEMPLE POETS & WRITERS SERIES, FALL 2011

Cecilia Vicuna
Thursday, October 13, 8:00 pm, TUCC 222
http://www.ceciliavicuna.org/en_about.htm
Poet and artist, born in Chile, she performs and exhibits her work widely in Europe, Latin America and the US. She is also a political activist and founding member of Artists for Democracy. Since 1980 she lives in New York and Chile. The author of 16 books, her poetry has been translated into several languages. QUIPOem, The Precarious: The Art & Poetry of Cecilia Vicuña, edited by Catherine de Zegher, was published by Wesleyan University Press.

Alice Notley

Thursday, November 3, 8:00 pm, TUCC 222
http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/awards-and-poets/shortlists/2002-shortlist/alice-notley/
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/767
Paris-based Alice Notley is the author of more than 20 books of poetry including The Descent of Alette (1996) and Mysteries of Small Houses (Penguin, 1998). She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Poetry.