Poetry and Performance: Judy Grahn and Daphne Gottlieb September 25, 2010

On Saturday, September 25, the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) programs at CIIS present faculty member and award-winning poet, Judy Grahn, and renowned writer and performance poet, Daphne Gottlieb, for an evening of poetry and performance, beginning at 6:15pm at CIIS (1453 Mission Street). A light food/drink reception will precede the event at 5:45pm. The event is free.

JUDY GRAHN, winner of the 2009 Lambda Award in Lesbian Poetry for love belongs to those who do the feeling, is a lifetime artist, teacher, and activist, whose work has been foundational to more than one social movement in the U.S. and internationally, including LGBTQ and Women's Spirituality. Judy performs and collaborates with musicians, dancers, and visual artists. Her latest chapbook is Mental, a nine-part poem studying the subject of crazy. Much of Judy's work centers on the reclamation of stories, values, and methods of Sacred Feminine traditions and archetypal characters. She teaches all genres of writing, aesthetics, cultural theory, and literature.

DAPHNE GOTTLIEB is the author of seven books in three genres, including four books of poetry (most recently, Kissing Dead Girls). She is the winner of the Firecracker Alternative Book Award and the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry, and is a three-time finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. As acclaimed for her performance as her writing, she has toured coast-to-coast across the United States, with engagements including Bumbershoot, South by Southwest, and Ladyfest Bay Area. She reads and writes in San Francisco.

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