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THE NAMES WE CARRY
"The moment of change is the only poem." -Adrienne Rich
In this powerful & engaging workshop, we'll draw poetic inspiration from activist art from the Rebel Legacy exhibition as well as South Asian poetry to explore the names/labels one carries, contests and lives up to. Using prompts drawn from Indian/South Asian/other ethnic poets who have blasted through stereotypes, exploring issues of exile, identity, discrimination and more, we'll explore how verse turns the personal into the universal, while creating awareness as well as initiating change.
Tuition is $10-25 sliding scale; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. For more information, contact Jason at jason@kearnystreet.org.
Bios:
Minal Hajratwala (www.minalhajratwala.com) is the author of Leaving India: My Family's Journey From Five Villages to Five Continents (2009) and editor of Out! Stories From the New Queer India (2012). Called "incomparable" by Alice Walker and "searingly honest" by the Washington Post, Leaving India won a Pen USA Award, an Asian American Writers Workshop Award, a Lambda Literary Award, and a California Book Award. Minal graduated from Stanford University, was a fellow at Columbia University, and was a 2011 Fulbright-Nehru Senior Scholar. As a writing coach, she is passionate about helping people give voice to untold stories. Her book of poems, Bountiful Instructions for Enlightenment, will be launched in November 2014.
Shikha Malaviya is a poet & writer, born in the U.K. and raised in Minnesota and India. Her book, Geography of Tongues, was launched in December 2013 and featured in The Times of India Literary Carnival, Lit.mus & other festivals. Shikha is founder of The (Great) Indian Poetry Project, an archive of modern Indian poetry and a co-founder of The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective, a literary press. Shikha's poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and published in journals such as Prairie Schooner & the Water~Stone Review. She is deeply involved in the poetry community through events/initiatives such as organizing '100 Thousand Poets for Change Bangalore', in 2012 and 2013; co-founding 'Poetry in Public India,' a movement to bring powerful verse by Indian women to public places across India; giving a TEDx talk on 'Poetry in Daily Life' at TEDx Golf Links Park, Bangalore, 2013. Shikha graduated from the University of Minnesota with degrees in creative writing and mass communications. She recently moved back to the Bay Area after living several years in India.
The 'Great' Indian Poetry Collective (greatindianpoetrycollective.wordpress.com/) is a notfor-profit literary press, specializing in poetry books from India/the Indian diaspora. Under a peer mentorship model, we strive to discover and bring forth new poetic voices that are innovative and diverse.
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LocationAsian Resource Center (View)
310 8th Street
Oakland, CA 94607
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 16 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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