Spring Literary Series continues with poetry readings
Vanessa Barajas, Staff Writer
May 8, 2012
With her published works appearing in Poetry International, Poet Lore and Blue Arc West: An Anthology of California Poets, Lory Bedikian has proven to be an inspiration to aspiring poets and writers, especially to those from immigrant families. Bedikian, who writes a column called “Poetry Matters”... Read more »
SMC Student Book Signing: “Freedom in Cage”
Peter S. Cheng, Staff Writer
March 28, 2012
Santa Monica College student Parsa Peykar is like a modern day renaissance man, wise and mature well beyond his 20 years of age. Peykar, the son of a former professional soccer player, has achieved success as an author after releasing a children’s book late last year. Growing up fairly wealthy in his... Read more »
Poets of the American West, a poetry reading
Nick Lotz, Staff Writer
May 10, 2011
Poets Carol Davis and Carol Muske-Dukes appeared this past Tuesday at Poets of the American West, a poetry reading which took place at Santa Monica College, celebrating the poets’ works anthologized in New Poets of the American West. David St. John, another poet scheduled to read at the event,... Read more »
Poetry hits the Twitter scene
Kevin Duncan, Staff Writer and Kevin Duncan, Staff Writer
April 5, 2011
By now, everyone should know what Twitter is, but just in case: Twitter is, “the best way to discover what’s new in your world.” This is the actual slogan on the Twitter homepage. But Twitter is much more than that. “Life is a book, you’re the author, make it a bestseller.”... Read more »
Cecilia Martinez-Gil the poet
Sean Breza, Staff Writer
March 15, 2011
Since she was eight years old, Cecilia Martinez-Gil has thought of herself as a poet. After the tragic death of her grandfather, the shocked young girl saw no other solution then to confine her deepest emotions in a tangle of poetry. This past Tuesday Martinez-Gil was in HSS 165, a room on campus no... Read more »
Poetry reading by Charles Webb
Jennifer Ferrada, Staff Writer
December 8, 2010
The art and practice of poetry still lives today, as was witnessed by a group of Santa Monica College students this past Thursday. Inspirational poets like Charles Harper Webb are living breathing examples of why poetry is far from a dying breed. Webb, an English professor at CSU Long Beach shared with... Read more »
