Poetry Workshop with Luis Francia
Saturday, October 17, 2009
9:30am-12:30pm
Bayanihan Community Center
1010 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA
Mean without meaning to.
Chance upon delight, mystery, paradox,
and other linguistic revelations as, given free rein,
words can lead you to broad and unexpected spaces/places.
In approaching the writing of a poem,
this morning workshop emphasizes play, lyricism,
and an openness unbeholden to narrative.
Worry not about the latter: its texts are indelibly written in the everyday.
Worry not about your grandmother, your sexuality,
your roots, all the peculiarities of your life.
They will never leave you.
For those just starting to write poetry. All interested in exploring and writing welcome.
Bring paper and be ready to do some writing exercises.
Student sliding scale $20-$30 / Regular sliding scale $35-$45
(Fee includes breakfast and snacks)
9:30 am: Welcome, Breakfast
10:00 am Workshop
2:00 pm (free event): PAWA Arkipelago author Reading Series featuring:
Neela Banerjee, Luis Francia, Alejandro Munguía, Jean Vengua,
& music performed by Chris Planas, Carlos Ziálcita
Luis H. Francia’s poetry collections include Museum of Absences and The Arctic Archipelago and Other Poems. His semiautobiographical Eye of the Fish: A Personal Archipelago won both the 2002 PEN Center Open Book and The 2002 Asian American Literary Award. His poetry theater piece, The Beauty of Ghosts, premiered at Topaz Arts in 2007. He edited Brown River, White Ocean: An Anthology of Twentieth Century Philippine Literature in English, and is co-editor of Flippin’: Filipinos on America, and Vestiges of War: The Philippine-American War and the Aftermath of an Imperial Dream, 1899-1999. He is the author of the Introduction to Penguin Classic’s Doveglion: Collected Poems by Jose Garcia Villa. He teaches at New York University’s Asian/Pacific/American Studies program.
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