Description | from The Convergence Zone is a series of author readings, and artist talks and performances, sponsored by the MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics at the University of Washington Bothell. It brings together sometimes peaceable, sometimes combustible, fronts of discovery and experiment. This series brings to the (virtual) Seattle metropolitan area exciting writers and artists who "cross" and "trans" genres and media. It discusses and performs written arts in an expanded field. Please join the MFA for Creative Writing and Poetics Cultural Change seminar for a Reading, Craft Talk & Conversation on Poetry & Poetics with Cedar Sigo via Zoom. Pre-register for this event to receive an e-mail with the Zoom details the day of the event. This talk is open to the public and will be recorded. February 11, 2021: Cedar Sigo
Cedar Sigo was raised on the Suquamish Reservation in the Pacific Northwest and studied at The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute. He is the author of eight books and pamphlets of poetry, including Language Arts (Wave Books, 2014), Stranger in Town (City Lights, 2010), Expensive Magic (House Press, 2008), and two editions of Selected Writings (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2003 and 2005). He has taught workshops at St. Mary’s College, Naropa University and University Press Books. He is currently a mentor in the low residency MFA program at The Institute of American Indian Arts. He lives in Lofall, Washington. Cedar Sigo’s reading, craft talk and conversation is funded through the MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics. Please contact Ching-In Chen (chingin@uw.edu) for more information. |
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