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Laborfest: Poetry Reading by Nellie Wong and Alice Rogoff
Date:
Monday, July 07, 2014
Time:
7:00 PM
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9:00 PM
Event Type:
Other
Organizer/Author:
Location Details:
Bird and Beckett Bookstore -653 Chenery St., San Francisco, between Diamond and Castro in San Francisco’s Glen Park.
1 1/2 blocks from the Glen Park BART station and MUNI lines 23, 36, 44, 52 & J-Church.
By car, take the Monterey exit off I-280 South, or the Bosworth exit off I-280 North.
1 1/2 blocks from the Glen Park BART station and MUNI lines 23, 36, 44, 52 & J-Church.
By car, take the Monterey exit off I-280 South, or the Bosworth exit off I-280 North.
Poetry Reading by Nellie Wong and Alice Rogoff
Nellie Wong has four books of poetry. Her latest Breakfast Lunch Dinner was launched at Bird and Beckett Bookstore in 2012. She’s co-featured in the documentary film Mitsuye and Nellie, Asian American Poets. She has published widely with two pieces inscribed at public sites in San Francisco. She will read new poems about labor and read poems from her books.
Alice E. Rogoff is the author of the poetry books Mural and Barge Wood. She will read from her recent poetry project The Labor Union Women on Our Stairways about women labor union organizers in San Francisco. This project is supported by a Cultural Equity Individual Literary grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission. Explore the city’s history of women in retail, restaurants, and garment work as well as Alice’s experiences as a Delegate for the Coalition of Labor Union Women and the San Francisco Labor Council.
Open mic to follow.
See also:
http://www.birdbeckett.com/category/upcoming/
https://sites.google.com/site/laborfestwriters/alicerogoff
http://socialism.com/drupal-6.8/?q=node/2067 (Nellie Wong)
http://www.laborfest.net/2014/2014schedule.htm
Nellie Wong has four books of poetry. Her latest Breakfast Lunch Dinner was launched at Bird and Beckett Bookstore in 2012. She’s co-featured in the documentary film Mitsuye and Nellie, Asian American Poets. She has published widely with two pieces inscribed at public sites in San Francisco. She will read new poems about labor and read poems from her books.
Alice E. Rogoff is the author of the poetry books Mural and Barge Wood. She will read from her recent poetry project The Labor Union Women on Our Stairways about women labor union organizers in San Francisco. This project is supported by a Cultural Equity Individual Literary grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission. Explore the city’s history of women in retail, restaurants, and garment work as well as Alice’s experiences as a Delegate for the Coalition of Labor Union Women and the San Francisco Labor Council.
Open mic to follow.
See also:
http://www.birdbeckett.com/category/upcoming/
https://sites.google.com/site/laborfestwriters/alicerogoff
http://socialism.com/drupal-6.8/?q=node/2067 (Nellie Wong)
http://www.laborfest.net/2014/2014schedule.htm
For more information:
http://www.laborfest.net/2014/2014schedule...
Added to the calendar on Mon, Jun 16, 2014 9:04PM
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