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Francisco Alarcón in Milwaukee on Nov
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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 15:06:55 -0600
Poet Francisco X. Alarc?n will give a reading on Saturday, November 17, 8:00pm at Woodland Pattern Book Center, 720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee ($6.00 general admission
/ $5.00 advance tickets & Woodland Pattern members). Phone 414&3P01 to reserve a ticket in advance. Space is limited.
He writes, "I relate to children in the third and fourth grades because they are natural poets. I learn so much from children. I teach creative writing here at the university and let me tell you...I don't want to say too much...but third graders are better poets. They make connections, metaphors. They take risks and go for broke and open up."
Mr. Alarc?n will also give a master class for adults on Saturday, Nov. 17, between 10am and noon at Woodland Pattern. From brochure information: "This workshop will begin with a poetic journey to the sacred time and space of the indigenous tradition of Mexico...Participants will find their 'tonalli' or calendaric name in the ancient Mesoamerican calendar tradition and will pursue their own creativity in response to visual images, music, scent and other senses. Participants are encouraged to bring their own poems to share and discuss with the group." The fee of $20.00 includes a free ticket to the reading. Registration is required. Phone 414&3P01 for more information or to register. Space is limited.
All questions about the reading or the workshop must be addressed to the above phone number or to woodlandpattern at execpc.com
From the announcement of these two opportunities: "Francisco Alarc?n is a widely recognized poet and educator. Raised in Mexico and California, he is a strong proponent of writing as a universal means of self expression available to everyone, not just a literary elite. He has been a recipient of the Danforth and Fulbright Fellowships, and has been awarded several literary prizes including the Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award, the Pen Oakland Josephine Miles Award and the UC Irvine Literary Prize. Alarc?n is the author of ten books of poetry, the most recent being a collection titled "Sonnets to Madness and Other Misfortunes"
(Creative Arts Book Company, 2001).
Francisco X. Alarc?n's books of bilingual poetry for children published by Children's Book Press "Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems" (1997) and "From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems" (1998) were cited as Pura Belpr? Honor Books by the American Library Association. His newest collection of bilingual poetry is "Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems" (2001). About these books he says, "I really believe that poetry is magical. When you read poetry you have to find new ways of looking at yourself, at the universe. Poetry can communicate feelings that everyday speech cannot."
Mr. Alarc?n currently teaches at the University of California, Davis, where he directs the Spanish for Native Speakers Program.
Received on Thu 01 Nov 2001 03:06:55 PM CST
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 15:06:55 -0600
Poet Francisco X. Alarc?n will give a reading on Saturday, November 17, 8:00pm at Woodland Pattern Book Center, 720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee ($6.00 general admission
/ $5.00 advance tickets & Woodland Pattern members). Phone 414&3P01 to reserve a ticket in advance. Space is limited.
He writes, "I relate to children in the third and fourth grades because they are natural poets. I learn so much from children. I teach creative writing here at the university and let me tell you...I don't want to say too much...but third graders are better poets. They make connections, metaphors. They take risks and go for broke and open up."
Mr. Alarc?n will also give a master class for adults on Saturday, Nov. 17, between 10am and noon at Woodland Pattern. From brochure information: "This workshop will begin with a poetic journey to the sacred time and space of the indigenous tradition of Mexico...Participants will find their 'tonalli' or calendaric name in the ancient Mesoamerican calendar tradition and will pursue their own creativity in response to visual images, music, scent and other senses. Participants are encouraged to bring their own poems to share and discuss with the group." The fee of $20.00 includes a free ticket to the reading. Registration is required. Phone 414&3P01 for more information or to register. Space is limited.
All questions about the reading or the workshop must be addressed to the above phone number or to woodlandpattern at execpc.com
From the announcement of these two opportunities: "Francisco Alarc?n is a widely recognized poet and educator. Raised in Mexico and California, he is a strong proponent of writing as a universal means of self expression available to everyone, not just a literary elite. He has been a recipient of the Danforth and Fulbright Fellowships, and has been awarded several literary prizes including the Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award, the Pen Oakland Josephine Miles Award and the UC Irvine Literary Prize. Alarc?n is the author of ten books of poetry, the most recent being a collection titled "Sonnets to Madness and Other Misfortunes"
(Creative Arts Book Company, 2001).
Francisco X. Alarc?n's books of bilingual poetry for children published by Children's Book Press "Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems" (1997) and "From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems" (1998) were cited as Pura Belpr? Honor Books by the American Library Association. His newest collection of bilingual poetry is "Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems" (2001). About these books he says, "I really believe that poetry is magical. When you read poetry you have to find new ways of looking at yourself, at the universe. Poetry can communicate feelings that everyday speech cannot."
Mr. Alarc?n currently teaches at the University of California, Davis, where he directs the Spanish for Native Speakers Program.
Received on Thu 01 Nov 2001 03:06:55 PM CST
