EILEEN TABIOS
AND
MICHELLE BAUTISTA
reading/PERFORMANCE/workshop
Wednesday, April 7
7 pm
Mills Hall 322
free and open to the public
Eileen Tabios will discuss decolonialism through a discussion and reading of poems from Eileen's most recent book, Reproductions of the Empty Flagpole, and through collaborative performances with Michelle Bautista involving the Filipino martial arts of kali.
Eileen Tabios has released a poetry CD and written, edited or co-edited 12 books of poetry, fiction and essays. Her most recent book is a selected prose poem collection (1996-2002) entitled Reproductions of the Empty Flagpole (Marsh Hawk Press, 2002). Forthcoming is another poetry book, Menage A Trois With The 21st Century (xPressed, 2004) as well as her first short story collection, Behind The Blue Canvas (Giraffe, 2004). Her awards include the Philippines' Manila Critics Circle National Book Award for Poetry, the Potrero Nuevo Fund Prize, and the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles National Literary Award. She is the founder of Meritage Press (www.MeritagePress.com), a multidisciplinary literary and arts press based in St. Helena, CA and author of the infamous CorpsePoetics blog (http://winepoetics.blogspot.com).
Michelle Bautista is a born and raised Oakland native and current resident. She teaches Kali (a Filipino martial art) in Berkeley and in the Laurel neighborhood of Oakland. In addition, she is also a poet and the author of My Life as a Duwende. She has performed numerous Kali and poetry collaborations, an integration of pen and sword. She will be doing a performance with Eileen Tabios.
forthcoming talks/readings/discussions/workshops by oakland associated writers...
14-Apr rodrigo toscano
21-Apr renee gladman
contact Juliana Spahr, jspahr@mills.edu, for more information.
Co-sponsored by the English Department and Ethnic Studies Department at Mills College. Series sponsored in part with funds from the Irvine Foundation at Mills College, from 'A 'A Arts, through a grant it has received from the National Endowment for the Arts, and Poets & Writers, Inc, through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation.
AND
MICHELLE BAUTISTA
reading/PERFORMANCE/workshop
Wednesday, April 7
7 pm
Mills Hall 322
free and open to the public
Eileen Tabios will discuss decolonialism through a discussion and reading of poems from Eileen's most recent book, Reproductions of the Empty Flagpole, and through collaborative performances with Michelle Bautista involving the Filipino martial arts of kali.
Eileen Tabios has released a poetry CD and written, edited or co-edited 12 books of poetry, fiction and essays. Her most recent book is a selected prose poem collection (1996-2002) entitled Reproductions of the Empty Flagpole (Marsh Hawk Press, 2002). Forthcoming is another poetry book, Menage A Trois With The 21st Century (xPressed, 2004) as well as her first short story collection, Behind The Blue Canvas (Giraffe, 2004). Her awards include the Philippines' Manila Critics Circle National Book Award for Poetry, the Potrero Nuevo Fund Prize, and the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles National Literary Award. She is the founder of Meritage Press (www.MeritagePress.com), a multidisciplinary literary and arts press based in St. Helena, CA and author of the infamous CorpsePoetics blog (http://winepoetics.blogspot.com).
Michelle Bautista is a born and raised Oakland native and current resident. She teaches Kali (a Filipino martial art) in Berkeley and in the Laurel neighborhood of Oakland. In addition, she is also a poet and the author of My Life as a Duwende. She has performed numerous Kali and poetry collaborations, an integration of pen and sword. She will be doing a performance with Eileen Tabios.
forthcoming talks/readings/discussions/workshops by oakland associated writers...
14-Apr rodrigo toscano
21-Apr renee gladman
contact Juliana Spahr, jspahr@mills.edu, for more information.
Co-sponsored by the English Department and Ethnic Studies Department at Mills College. Series sponsored in part with funds from the Irvine Foundation at Mills College, from 'A 'A Arts, through a grant it has received from the National Endowment for the Arts, and Poets & Writers, Inc, through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation.
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