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Poetry Workshop with D. Nurkse
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D. Nurkse is the author of nine collections of poetry,
including The Border Kingdom, Burnt Island, and The Fall (Alfred Knopf, New York, 2005, and 2002), Leaving Xaia and
The Rules of Paradise (Four Way Books, New York, 2002 and 2001), Voices over Water (Graywolf Press, 1993/Four Way Books 1996),
Staggered Lights (Owl Creek Press, 1990), Shadow Wars (Hanging Loose Press, 1988), and Isolation in Action (State Street Press, 1988).
His poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, The Times Literary Supplement, Poetry Wales, The American Poetry Review, Poetry
Ireland Review and Nthposition.
Nurkse has written extensively on human rights, on repression and children in Haiti, on the impact of apartheid on children, and on the effects of maternal mortality in Africa. He worked professionally for Defense for Children International, and was a consultant to UNICEF and to organizations that serve and advocate for refugees. He has been involved with Amnesty International for thirty-five years. Poetry awards include a 2007 Guggenheim Foundation fellowship, 1984 and 1995 fellowships from the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts, a 1993 Whiting Writers Award, a Tanne Foundation grant, two awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Bess Hokin and Frederick Bock prizes from The Poetry Foundation. Nurkse has taught poetry in Master of Fine Arts programs at Brooklyn College, Stonecoast, and Sarah Lawrence College, where he works currently. He taught writing for many years at Rikers Island Correctional Facility. He has lived in Europe and Latin America and is now based in Brooklyn, New York. The workshop will include response to poems brought in by the participants, consideration of contemporary poems and, if desired, writing exercises. Cost: $50. Limited to 10 participants. Advance registration and payment required. To reserve a place, call Len Anderson at (831) 464-8983. Checks made out to Poetry Santa Cruz should be mailed to the address below. Call first to make sure there is room. Then send in your check to hold your place. Poetry Santa Cruz
Read about the February 10 poetry reading by D. Nurkse and Stephen Kessler. | |
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