Amiri Baraka Tribute

20 FEBRUARY 2014 — thursday

Holloway Poetry Series presents a tribute to the life work of poet Amiri Baraka, with music, readings of Amiri Baraka’s work, and brief statements by a variety of writers from the UC Berkeley community, the Bay Area, and elsewhere, including Nilofar Gardezi, giovanni singleton, Jane Gregory, Positive Knowledge (Oluyemi Thomas and Ijeoma Thomas), Al Young, Bill Berkson, Steven Lee, Darieck Scott, Rosa Martinez, Robert Hass, Duncan McNaughton, Michael Warr, Geoffrey G. O’Brien, Kit Robinson, devorah major, D. Scot Miller, C.S. Giscombe, Lyn Hejinian, Seulghee Lee, Ronaldo Wilson, and William J. Harris, reception follows, University of California campus, Wheeler Hall, Third Floor, Maude Fife Room 315, Bancroft Way, Berkeley, 6:30 (hollowayreadingseries.wordpress.com)