Clive Matson workshop
8 JUNE 2019 — saturday
Poet Clive Matson leads a class, "The Beat Aesthetic And Why We Need It Today"; the Beat Generation writers developed a robust version of Modernism that isn't commonly seen in today's writing, students discover how traces of Beat can be found in activism, rap, and Spoken Word, students can present other Beats writers and discuss their influence, practice blending Beat and Modernist sensibilities into your writing in a supportive space, Omni Commons, 4799 Shattuck Avenue, Avenue, Berkeley, free but donations appreciated, 1:00-4:00 (Daniel Brenner: 510/593-7547, danty64@gmail.com, matsonpoet.com)