Events
Morton Marcus Poetry Reading
Morton Marcus Poetry Reading: Gary Soto
Music Center Recital HallEvent Photos by Crystal Birns: Gary Soto has published more than forty books for children, young adults and adults, including Too Many Tamales, Chato’s Kitchen, Baseball in April, Buried Onions and The Elements of San Joaquin. He is the author of In and Out of Shadows, a musical about undocumented youth and, most recently, […]
Morton Marcus Poetry Reading with Dorianne Laux
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesEvent Photos: The Eighth Annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading presented by the Institute for Humanities Research and the Living Writers Series featuring Dorianne Laux Thursday November 16, 2017 at 5:30pm Poet Gary Young, will host the program, and the evening will include an announcement of the winner of the Morton Marcus Poetry Contest (recipient receives […]
Morton Marcus Poetry Reading with Joseph Stroud
Cabrillo College Room 450Morton Marcus Poetry Reading with Joseph Stroud Thursday, November 3, 2016 6:00 pm Cabrillo College, Room 450 (Forum) EVENT PHOTOS: by Lorraine Padgett First Song That long ago morning at Ruth’s farm when I hid in the wisteria and watched hummingbirds. I thought the ruby or gold that gleamed on their throats was the honeyed […]
Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading with California's Poet Laureate Emeritus Al Young
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesUC Santa Cruz presents California's Poet Laureate Emeritus Al Young. Al Young, born in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, is an American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and professor. In 2005, he was named poet laureate of California by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Widely translated, Al Young’s twenty-two books include: poetry—Heaven, The Sound of Dreams Remembered, Coastal Nights and […]