Tag: poetry
The Blood-Jet Writing Hour
The “Blood-Jet Writing Hour” is an online radio show produced and hosted by UCR alumna Rachelle Cruz. During the show, Cruz interviews various poets...
The Closest I Have Been to Understanding the “It’s Complicated” Relationship...
His going away party
and we were focused on our words.
I kept mine between my teeth before he poured my drink
but then I couldn’t find...
Urban Roots of Poetic Justice: A Spoken Word Event
The Urban Roots Spoken Word poetry event at The Barn continued the month of festivities celebrating Asian Pacific Heritage Month with an event hosted...
Writer’s Week 2016
TUESDAY:
Cory Doctorow (Tiffany Liaw, SSW)
“I’m a science fiction writer and a semi-pretend computer scientist,” began Cory Doctorow, the first author to kick off the...
Vagina Monologues 2016: Confidence with an Edge
“Vulva. Clitoris. Vagina.”
When these three words, more or less, were separately spoken as part of the show’s introduction, you could tell that the evening...
English professor, named award finalist, discusses poetry and inspiration
Professor of English Fred Moten was named a finalist in the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for his poetry collection “Little Edges.” The award —...
Poetry Animates The Culver Center
The Culver Center of the Arts is perhaps one of the most important cultural centers in Riverside. Located about five minutes from Mission Inn,...
Intersectionality at the Barn with Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
On a chilly and blustery Tuesday evening, the Barn opened its doors to an evening of poetry and intersectionality by Sri Lankan author Leah...
More than spoken word: when truth is told with emotion
The Barn at UCR held its first major event this year last Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. Students filled in by the dozens and...
Oxford Professor of Poetry, Simon Armitage, gives reading on campus
One of England's leading poets and current professor of poetry at Oxford Simon Armitage gave a reading followed by a book signing last Wednesday...