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Edge Reading Series

EDGE is an interdisciplinary reading & performance series emphasizing diversity of narrative/identity
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EDGE is a reading series of local and national writers and cross-genre artists, emphasizing diversity of narrative, identity and literary source since 2008, when it was founded by Melissa Buckheit at Casa Libre en la Solana. Its purpose is to create community, visibility and voice for diverse voices and words; emerging and/or younger writers; and performers/artists working across media and discipl

ine. Broadsheets of the authors' work will accompany each reading. Books and journals will be available for purchase and signing by the authors. Founded by Melissa Buckheit in 2008 at Casa Libre en la Solana, Edge is currently in its ninth year, housed and affiliated with Zuzi Dance at the Historic Y , and co-curated by writers Melissa Buckheit, Marvin Gladney, Estella Gonzalez, Heather Nagami & Bill Wetzel.

04/19/2024

Boston College’s 2024 Graduate English Colloquium is today from 4:15-8:00pm, with a reception following panels and the keynote. As one of the organizers, I’m moderating a panel on Irish Specters and Futures. There will be some really amazing scholarship also themed to gender and politics, and to top it off, a Keynote Address by Professor Claire Connolly from UCC, who is the 2023-24 Burns Scholar in Irish Studies at Boston College. If you’re nearby and interested, please join us at Connolly House. Information and schedule can be found through the link and the website’s menu also has more info under home.

Panel Presentations: Gender in Resistance & Objectification (James Masanek, Julia Adamo, & Mary McGrail), A Haunted Ireland, Irish Specters and Futures (Sara Pool, Shelby Jones, & Robert Baskin), Holding Up The Mirror: The Political Monster (James Murray and Lauren Crockett-Girard)

02/28/2024

Still thinking of Lyn--may her memory be our blessing

February 26, 2024The English department mourns the death of Lyn Hejinian, Professor and John F. Hotchkis Chair Emerita. Hejinian is one of the most significant poets of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and for two decades Lyn was the soul of the Berkeley English department. We will all miss...

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