"WRITERS ON WRITING" at SF STATE

EVENT REPORT

Eileen R. Tabios appeared at San Francisco State University's "Writers on Writing" series to read poetry and discuss creative writing.   Here are photos from the wonderful and wonderfully-engaged event:

(Poet-professor Robert Gluck presents Introduction)

(Some students in line for the book signing)

(Ruth from Modern Times supports the book sales!)

Prior to the event, here was info from SF State's website:

Writers on Writing: Eileen Tabios

Monday, November 2, 2015, 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Eileen Tabios reads from and discusses her collection of poems, prose and visual poetry, The Light Sang As It Left Your Eyes: OurAutobiography (Marsh Hawk Press). Free.

Location: 

Humanities Building, Humanities Auditorium

Sponsor: 

Creative Writing Department

Contact: 

Creative Writing Department

E-mail: 

cwriting@sfsu.edu

Phone: 

415-338-1891

Event extras: 

Tabios has written 19 poetry collections an art essay collection, a poetry essay/interview anthology and a short-story collection. In her poetry, she has crafted a body of work that is unique for melding ekphrasis with transcolonialism, and her poems have been translated into Spanish, Italian, Tagalog and Japanese.

The Creative Writing Department opens its Writers on Writing course to the public on Mondays this semester. Taught by Robert Glück, the course features faculty and visiting writers reading from their works and discussing their creative process.