Past Events

On Monday February 28th, the Critical Conversations series will host an online poetry reading and conversation with two UC Berkeley alumni who had the privilege to study with June Jordan in the Poetry for the People Program: Samiya Bashir (Associate Professor of Creative Writing, Reed College) and Solmaz Sharif (Assistant Professor of English, Arizona State University). Professors Bashir and Sharif will read their work; share some of their favorite poems written by June Jordan; and then participate in a wide-ranging conversation about teaching, the P4P program, and Jordan’s pedagogical legacy moderated by UC Berkeley Associate Professor Chiyuma Elliott (African American Studies). This year’s Critical…