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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading by Dennis Bernstein from his newly-published 
 (February 2012) book, Special Ed: Voices from a Hidden Classroom. People 
 know Dennis best as the host\nof KPFA Pacifica Radio’s investigative news 
 magazine show, “Flashpoints.” He is also a published poet, whose work 
 has appeared in the New York Quarterly, Chimaera, Texas Observer, The 
 Progressive, ZYZZYVA, and other publications.\n\nSpecial Ed: Voices from a 
 Hidden Classroom\nPoetry Reading by: Dennis Bernstein\n\nThe poems in 
 Special Ed reflect on Dennis’s years as a Special Education teacher in 
 New York. His first published full collection of poetry has received wide 
 praise, including:\n \n“Special Ed is about daily life under the siege of 
 poverty, racism, and class warfare.”\n—Anita Barrows, PhD, poet, child 
 psychologist\n\n“[H]is fearless pursuit of the truth about what is 
 happening in our rapidly transforming world did not prepare me for the 
 beauty, depth, not-one-word-mislaid perception of this amazing 
 book”\n—Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet\n\n“Special Ed is a 
 must read for all, to allow freedom to slip through and to tear o_ the 
 labels that conceal the true human nature behind short, oppressing, 
 limiting letters that specialized education is so fond of!”\n—Laurence 
 Emmanuelle Hadjas, PhD, UCLA\n\nA book-signing will follow the 
 reading.\n\nSponsors: Teachers 4 Public Ed. & ANSWER Coalition\n\n$3-5 
 donation (no one turned away for lack of funds) \nLight refreshments 
 provided. Wheelchair accessible. \n\n\n\n 
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SUMMARY:"Special Ed: Voices From a Hidden Classroom" Poetry Reading by Dennis Bernstein
LOCATION:2969 Mission St. btwn 25th and 26th Sts., SF\nNear 24th St. BART/#14, #49 
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