[New-Poetry] celebration of environmental poet Robinson Jeffers

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October 2, 2008

Contact: Scott Rappaport (831) 459-2496; srapp at ucsc.edu

UCSC to host community celebration of environmental poet Robinson Jeffers
 
Award-winning poet Li-Young Lee is one of four noted poets who will read on Oct. 25 at "A Celebration of Central Coast Poet Robinson Jeffers," at the Veterans Memorial Hall in downtown Santa Cruz. Hosted by UCSC's Humanities Division, the event is part of the National Endowment for the Arts' "The Big Read" program. (cr: Cuirt International Festival of Literature)  


UCSC will present A Celebration of Central Coast Poet Robinson Jeffers, on Saturday, October 25, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Hall in downtown Santa Cruz. 


The event is part of the National Endowment for the Arts' The Big Read: The Poetry of Robinson Jeffers—a commemoration of the late poet and of Tor House, Jeffers' family home in Carmel. It is the result of an NEA partnership with the Poetry Foundation to celebrate the nation's historic poets and poetry sites. 


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