Sun November 1, 2015
Poetry Unbound #27 – Reading Series at Art House Gallery in Berkeley
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POETRY UNBOUND #27 – Celebrating VONA
5 – 8 pm November 1, 2015
Art House Gallery, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley
(one block north of Ashby, and close to Ashby BART)
$5 -10 donation
Poetry Unbound is honored to present writers from VONA, Voices of our Nations Art Foundation. This is the nation’s only multi-genre workshop and community for writers of color. Founded in 1999 by Elmaz Abinader, Junot Díaz, Victor Díaz, and Diem Jones, VONA has changed the landscape from trivialization to respect and appreciation, offering annual summer workshops in San Francisco and in Miami, readings around the nation, and workshops in fiction, poetry, memoir, political content, LGBTQ narrative, travel writing, and playwriting. “I found a family at VONA…everyone was welcoming…so many writers of color at different levels and full of passion, beautiful and reaffirming.” Join us in acknowledging and rejoicing in these four voices from our emerging communities. More, come and be awed by their strength and insight!
Poetry Unbound is a monthly reading series dedicated to presenting new work in a broad range of styles and genres, and to bringing together writers from different circles and communities, to strengthen and unite. We present passionate wordsmiths on the first Sunday of each month, with a brief open mic, at the Art House Gallery in Berkeley. Hosted by Oakland writer Clive Matson.
featuring:
Irma Herrera
James Cagney
Roopa Ramamoorthi
Sharline Chiang
open mic signup 5 pm
PERFORMER BIOS
Irma Herrera, South Texan by birth and world citizen by choice, is a social justice activist and spent her career in law and journalism. Her opinion pieces and reporting have appeared in diverse publications such as NY Times, LA Lawyer, Mexico City News. She is now taking her writing to the stage. Her hour-long solo show Tell Me Your Name, about identity, race, class, and the “othering” all of us do will be at The Barn in Marin's Art and Garden Center, presented by The Ross Valley Player on March 11, 18 & 19, 2015. She is also a VONA alum.
James Cagney is a practicing poet and writer from Oakland and he is a Cave Canem and VONA alum. He has appeared as a featured artist in Midnight in Mumbai and Reader's Bookstore at Fort Mason Center. James has taught poetry workshops at the San Francisco Public Library. His latest chapbook is entitled Dirty Thunderstorm.
Roopa Ramamoorthi is a scientist and poet who grew up in Mumbai, and now calls Berkeley home. She is a multiple time VONA alum and considers VONA her writing shelter. Her essays, poetry and short stories have been published including Perspectives pieces on NPR, an essay in the book "She is Such a Geek", the VONA anthology "Dismantle", India Currents, Khabar, Berkeley Daily Planet, 23 and me site, Konch, Spectrum and Bay Area Poets Coalition anthology. In 2011, her book was a finalist for the National Poetry Series.
Sharline Chiang, originally from New Jersey, is a Berkeley-based writer, editor, and book coach. She is a proud, longtime alum of VONA, a nationwide network of writers of color. She has written for BuzzFeed, OZY, Hyphen and Mutha. She served as book coach for Brown is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority, by Steve Phillips, due out via New Press in early 2016.
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5 – 8 pm November 1, 2015
Art House Gallery, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley
(one block north of Ashby, and close to Ashby BART)
$5 -10 donation
Poetry Unbound is honored to present writers from VONA, Voices of our Nations Art Foundation. This is the nation’s only multi-genre workshop and community for writers of color. Founded in 1999 by Elmaz Abinader, Junot Díaz, Victor Díaz, and Diem Jones, VONA has changed the landscape from trivialization to respect and appreciation, offering annual summer workshops in San Francisco and in Miami, readings around the nation, and workshops in fiction, poetry, memoir, political content, LGBTQ narrative, travel writing, and playwriting. “I found a family at VONA…everyone was welcoming…so many writers of color at different levels and full of passion, beautiful and reaffirming.” Join us in acknowledging and rejoicing in these four voices from our emerging communities. More, come and be awed by their strength and insight!
Poetry Unbound is a monthly reading series dedicated to presenting new work in a broad range of styles and genres, and to bringing together writers from different circles and communities, to strengthen and unite. We present passionate wordsmiths on the first Sunday of each month, with a brief open mic, at the Art House Gallery in Berkeley. Hosted by Oakland writer Clive Matson.
featuring:
Irma Herrera
James Cagney
Roopa Ramamoorthi
Sharline Chiang
open mic signup 5 pm
PERFORMER BIOS
Irma Herrera, South Texan by birth and world citizen by choice, is a social justice activist and spent her career in law and journalism. Her opinion pieces and reporting have appeared in diverse publications such as NY Times, LA Lawyer, Mexico City News. She is now taking her writing to the stage. Her hour-long solo show Tell Me Your Name, about identity, race, class, and the “othering” all of us do will be at The Barn in Marin's Art and Garden Center, presented by The Ross Valley Player on March 11, 18 & 19, 2015. She is also a VONA alum.
James Cagney is a practicing poet and writer from Oakland and he is a Cave Canem and VONA alum. He has appeared as a featured artist in Midnight in Mumbai and Reader's Bookstore at Fort Mason Center. James has taught poetry workshops at the San Francisco Public Library. His latest chapbook is entitled Dirty Thunderstorm.
Roopa Ramamoorthi is a scientist and poet who grew up in Mumbai, and now calls Berkeley home. She is a multiple time VONA alum and considers VONA her writing shelter. Her essays, poetry and short stories have been published including Perspectives pieces on NPR, an essay in the book "She is Such a Geek", the VONA anthology "Dismantle", India Currents, Khabar, Berkeley Daily Planet, 23 and me site, Konch, Spectrum and Bay Area Poets Coalition anthology. In 2011, her book was a finalist for the National Poetry Series.
Sharline Chiang, originally from New Jersey, is a Berkeley-based writer, editor, and book coach. She is a proud, longtime alum of VONA, a nationwide network of writers of color. She has written for BuzzFeed, OZY, Hyphen and Mutha. She served as book coach for Brown is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority, by Steve Phillips, due out via New Press in early 2016.
POETRY UNBOUND #27 – Celebrating VONA
5 – 8 pm November 1, 2015
Art House Gallery, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley
(one block north of Ashby, and close to Ashby BART)
$5 -10 donation
Poetry Unbound is honored to present writers from VONA, Voices of our Nations Art Foundation. This is the nation’s only multi-genre workshop and community for writers of color. Founded in 1999 by Elmaz Abinader, Junot Díaz, Victor Díaz, and Diem Jones, VONA has changed the landscape from trivialization to respect and appreciation, offering annual summer workshops in San Francisco and in Miami, readings around the nation, and workshops in fiction, poetry, memoir, political content, LGBTQ narrative, travel writing, and playwriting. “I found a family at VONA…everyone was welcoming…so many writers of color at different levels and full of passion, beautiful and reaffirming.” Join us in acknowledging and rejoicing in these four voices from our emerging communities. More, come and be awed by their strength and insight!
Poetry Unbound is a monthly reading series dedicated to presenting new work in a broad range of styles and genres, and to bringing together writers from different circles and communities, to strengthen and unite. We present passionate wordsmiths on the first Sunday of each month, with a brief open mic, at the Art House Gallery in Berkeley. Hosted by Oakland writer Clive Matson.
featuring:
Irma Herrera
James Cagney
Roopa Ramamoorthi
Sharline Chiang
open mic signup 5 pm
PERFORMER BIOS
Irma Herrera, South Texan by birth and world citizen by choice, is a social justice activist and spent her career in law and journalism. Her opinion pieces and reporting have appeared in diverse publications such as NY Times, LA Lawyer, Mexico City News. She is now taking her writing to the stage. Her hour-long solo show Tell Me Your Name, about identity, race, class, and the “othering” all of us do will be at The Barn in Marin's Art and Garden Center, presented by The Ross Valley Player on March 11, 18 & 19, 2015. She is also a VONA alum.
James Cagney is a practicing poet and writer from Oakland and he is a Cave Canem and VONA alum. He has appeared as a featured artist in Midnight in Mumbai and Reader's Bookstore at Fort Mason Center. James has taught poetry workshops at the San Francisco Public Library. His latest chapbook is entitled Dirty Thunderstorm.
Roopa Ramamoorthi is a scientist and poet who grew up in Mumbai, and now calls Berkeley home. She is a multiple time VONA alum and considers VONA her writing shelter. Her essays, poetry and short stories have been published including Perspectives pieces on NPR, an essay in the book "She is Such a Geek", the VONA anthology "Dismantle", India Currents, Khabar, Berkeley Daily Planet, 23 and me site, Konch, Spectrum and Bay Area Poets Coalition anthology. In 2011, her book was a finalist for the National Poetry Series.
Sharline Chiang, originally from New Jersey, is a Berkeley-based writer, editor, and book coach. She is a proud, longtime alum of VONA, a nationwide network of writers of color. She has written for BuzzFeed, OZY, Hyphen and Mutha. She served as book coach for Brown is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority, by Steve Phillips, due out via New Press in early 2016.
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5 – 8 pm November 1, 2015
Art House Gallery, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley
(one block north of Ashby, and close to Ashby BART)
$5 -10 donation
Poetry Unbound is honored to present writers from VONA, Voices of our Nations Art Foundation. This is the nation’s only multi-genre workshop and community for writers of color. Founded in 1999 by Elmaz Abinader, Junot Díaz, Victor Díaz, and Diem Jones, VONA has changed the landscape from trivialization to respect and appreciation, offering annual summer workshops in San Francisco and in Miami, readings around the nation, and workshops in fiction, poetry, memoir, political content, LGBTQ narrative, travel writing, and playwriting. “I found a family at VONA…everyone was welcoming…so many writers of color at different levels and full of passion, beautiful and reaffirming.” Join us in acknowledging and rejoicing in these four voices from our emerging communities. More, come and be awed by their strength and insight!
Poetry Unbound is a monthly reading series dedicated to presenting new work in a broad range of styles and genres, and to bringing together writers from different circles and communities, to strengthen and unite. We present passionate wordsmiths on the first Sunday of each month, with a brief open mic, at the Art House Gallery in Berkeley. Hosted by Oakland writer Clive Matson.
featuring:
Irma Herrera
James Cagney
Roopa Ramamoorthi
Sharline Chiang
open mic signup 5 pm
PERFORMER BIOS
Irma Herrera, South Texan by birth and world citizen by choice, is a social justice activist and spent her career in law and journalism. Her opinion pieces and reporting have appeared in diverse publications such as NY Times, LA Lawyer, Mexico City News. She is now taking her writing to the stage. Her hour-long solo show Tell Me Your Name, about identity, race, class, and the “othering” all of us do will be at The Barn in Marin's Art and Garden Center, presented by The Ross Valley Player on March 11, 18 & 19, 2015. She is also a VONA alum.
James Cagney is a practicing poet and writer from Oakland and he is a Cave Canem and VONA alum. He has appeared as a featured artist in Midnight in Mumbai and Reader's Bookstore at Fort Mason Center. James has taught poetry workshops at the San Francisco Public Library. His latest chapbook is entitled Dirty Thunderstorm.
Roopa Ramamoorthi is a scientist and poet who grew up in Mumbai, and now calls Berkeley home. She is a multiple time VONA alum and considers VONA her writing shelter. Her essays, poetry and short stories have been published including Perspectives pieces on NPR, an essay in the book "She is Such a Geek", the VONA anthology "Dismantle", India Currents, Khabar, Berkeley Daily Planet, 23 and me site, Konch, Spectrum and Bay Area Poets Coalition anthology. In 2011, her book was a finalist for the National Poetry Series.
Sharline Chiang, originally from New Jersey, is a Berkeley-based writer, editor, and book coach. She is a proud, longtime alum of VONA, a nationwide network of writers of color. She has written for BuzzFeed, OZY, Hyphen and Mutha. She served as book coach for Brown is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority, by Steve Phillips, due out via New Press in early 2016.
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