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View this post on Instagram A post shared by San Francisco Public Library (@sfpubliclibrary)   National Poetry Month 2024 To celebrate National Poetry Month… Read More

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This has not been the best few months for college presidents.  Many leaders responded to protests about a disproportionate response in Gaza with a disproportionate reaction on their own… Read More

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Generative A.I. technologies can write poetry and computer programs or create images of teddy bears and videos of cartoon charact… Read More

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Google released its latest Doodle on Monday honoring Etel Adnan, a Lebanese-American poet, essayist and visual artist, considered one of the most accomplished Arab-American authors of her er… Read More

José de Jesús Montaño López, Geneva Smith, Pasquale Toscano and Ryan Unger have been named winners of the Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellows… Read More

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Berkeley Poetry Review, issue #52: When the World Moves On, contains two of my poems:“A Window”“A Wind Is Blowing” Of the theme the editors’ write: “&lsqu… Read More

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article People who oppose development on the site of Peoples Park in Berkeley painted a mural on Bowditch Street on Feb. 11, 2024. (Grace Marion via BCN) BERKELEY, Calif. –… Read More

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Butcher’s Crossing features a solid Nic Cage performance and an okay sense of craft but loses sight of its characters and greater ideas.  There’s a question posed at… Read More

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An Israeli scholar and retired Brandeis University professor whose daughter was killed by Hamas terrorists said he was on the phone with her the moment she was shot dead us… Read More

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This summer, the Bay Area art scene is replete with many “firsts.” With great joy, Chicana pioneering artists Yolanda López, Amelia Mesa-Bains and Juana Alicia get lo… Read More