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Third Annual Poetry Writing Workshop (May 13 and May 14)

 

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Over 70 faculty, students, and staff wrote and shared their own poetry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floricanto II (May 5, 2009)

 

Faculty, students, and staff read poetry in Spanish, drank hot chocolate and listened to beautiful live music.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

African American Read-In (February 2, 2009)

 

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Students, faculty, and staff read poetry from America's greatest African American authors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Latina/o Heritage Month Author readings (May 2007)

 

Three Latina/o authors read from their published work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Annual Poetry Writing Week (May 7 - May 10, 2007)

 

Over 50 students, faculty, and staff wrote and shared poetry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eddy Zheng author reading (December 4, 2007)

 

Eddy Zheng read from, Other: An API Prisoner's Anthology.

Jhumpa Lahiri's Discussion of The Namesake and Bollywood Films (November 20, 2007)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading For Peace ( November 7, 2007)

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" The goal is not to be deadly serious, although that certainly is permitted, but to celebrate life as well as argue against war. [...] Anything goes. It is our belief that literature can stop war or at least temporarily stop it while we read." -- Bob Dickerson, faculty, event organizer

"The jagged scar in the chocolate peace cake was mended by the spirit of generosity in the room." -- Karen Chow, WRC Co-director

 

 

Langston Hughes' Birthday (February 1, 2007)

 

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In honor of Langston Hughes, the WRC and De Anza faculty, staff, and  students celebrated his poetry with cake and an open reading. Click the flier for pictures of the event.

 

 

 

 

 

Maxine Hong Kingston reading (November 20, 2006)

WRC Opening Day at the Advanced Technology Center Fall 2006

 

Opening day at the WRC in our current space, ATC 309!  Left to Right: Student Success Center Director Gregory Anderson, HUMI instructor Sal Breiter, WRC co-director Karen Chow, De Anza alumnus/former WRC student greeter Helen Pong, English instructor/former WRC director Wallis Leslie, WRC co-director Julie Pesano, Language Arts Computer Lab Director George Hein