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DESCRIPTION:In the first of a three-part reading series, writer-teachers and youth 
 poets from WritersCorps share the stage with some of our most esteemed 
 literary icons.  In a truly multigenerational literary exchange, 
 revolutionary activist of the Beat renaissance and author of 35 books Diane 
 di Prima joins us.   DIANE DI PRIMA is primarily associated with the Beat 
 literary renaissance of the 1950's and 60's.  She lived and worked in New 
 York City for many years, where she co-founded the New York Poets Theatre, 
 and helped establish the Poets Press with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and 
 Audre Lorde. Together with Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), di Prima edited the 
 influential underground literary newsletter The Floating Bear (1961-69).  
 di Prima is the author of 35 books of poetry and prose, including her first 
 book of poetry This Kind of Bird Flies Backward (Totem Press, 1958), her 
 first book of short stories Dinners and Nightmares (Corinth Press, 1961), 
 Revolutionary Letters (City Lights Books, 1971), Loba: Parts 1-8 (Wingbow 
 Press, 1978), Pieces of a Song (City Lights Books, 1990) and most recently, 
 her autobiographical memoir Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New 
 York Years (Viking, 2001). Her work has been translated into over 20 
 languages, published in over 300 magazines and newspapers, and has appeared 
 in over 100 anthologies. She has read and lectured at over 300 universities 
 and major institutions across the country.   GLORIA YAMATO has worked with 
 various social change agencies in the Pacific Northwest, including The 
 Women's Funding Alliance, American Friends Service Committee, and Seattle 
 Rape Relief.  Her work has been published in Women's Lives: Multicultural 
 Perspectives, Sinister Wisdom, New Voices 1, and Making Face, Making Soul: 
 Haciendo Caras. Yamato earned her M.A. in interdisciplinary arts at San 
 Francisco State Univ., with a concentration in creativity and arts 
 education, in 2001. This is her fourth year with WritersCorps.   CHAD 
 SWEENEY won several awards for his writing while earning a B.A. in English 
 at the Univ. of Oklahoma.  He has taught with WritersCorps at Everett 
 Middle School, Mercy Housing, and Mission High. His writing has been   
 published In Contact II, The Signal, Paradox, and doublethink.  He has 
 performed his work throughout the Bay Area, including KPOO radio and the 
 television program, Poetry In Motion.  He has also published 3 chapbooks - 
 Mushrooms, Relearning the Tongue, and Nail by Nail the Sunlight.  This is 
 his fourth year with WritersCorps.   WRITERSCORPS has helped thousands of 
 people in some of America's most disadvantaged neighborhoods improve their 
 literacy and self-sufficiency.  This achievement has been substantiated by 
 leading educational evaluators; WritersCorps was only one of two programs 
 in the country honored at a recent White House event for exemplary programs 
 for at-risk youth.  http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/sfac/WC/   INTERSECTION’S 
 LITERARY SERIES - Intersection has the distinction of programming the 
 oldest, continuous, independent reading series in California (est. 1965).  
 The program features a remarkable and diverse array of emerging and 
 established writers who are committed to expanding the notion of 
 literature, testing cultural and discipline-based boundaries, and building 
 new audiences for live, intimate literary experiences.  In recent years, 
 Intersection has worked with new and seasoned writers including Aya de 
 León, bell hooks, Mike Davis, John Trudell, Tillie Olsen, Alice Walker, 
 Martín Espada, Diane di Prima, Jimmy Santiago Baca, and Denis Johnson.   
 UPCOMING READINGS IN THE SERIES   Tuesday February 24, 2004 at 7:30 PM: 
 Jose Montoya with Toussaint Haki, Beto Palomar, Jime Salcedo-Malo &   
 WritersCorps youth poets   Tuesday March 23, 2004 at 7:30 PM: devorah major 
 with Mahru Elahi, Michelle Matz & WritersCorps youth poets   \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/29273.php
SUMMARY:Diane di Prima and Writers Corps Poetry Reading
LOCATION:446 Valencia
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/29273.php
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