Readings

UCLA Student Poetry

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Readings by UCLA student poets, recipients in 2008-2009 of the following honors: the Fred and Edith Herman Memorial Prize from the Academy of American Poets, nominations for the state-wide Ina Coolbrith Award, and the Shirley Dorothy Robbins Creative Writing Awards.

 

UCLA Poetry Award Winners 2009

Tory Adkisson
Graduating English Major
Shirle Dorothy Robbins Award in Poetry
Ina Coolbirth Nominee

Laura Copelin
English Major
Ina Coolbirth Nominee

Amanda Hollander
Graduate Student in English
Fred and Edith Herman Prize from The Academy of American Poets

Marianna Tekosky
Graduating English Major
Shirle Dorothy Robbins Award in Poetry
Ina Coolbirth Nominee & Second Place Winner

Poetry

A series of readings organized and hosted by Stephen Yenser, poet and professor at UCLA and author of A Boundless Field: American Poetry at Large and Blue Guide.

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