60° Overcast- When Thursday, September 23, 2010, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Where San Diego State University, San Diego
- Age limit All ages
- Categories Books, Heritage & Cultural, Poetry
- Cost Free
Above: Image of author and poet, Luci Tapahonso.
Poet Luci Tapahonso will be the featured artist at the Laurie Okuma Memorial Reading held at the SDSU Library.
Tapahonso is Diné and a professor of American Indian Studies and English at the University of Arizona, Tucson. Her book, "Blue Horses Rush In", was awarded the Mountain and Plains Booksellers Association's 1998 Award for Poetry. She was also awarded the "1999 Storyteller of the Year" by The Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers.
In 1998, she was awarded the Kansas Governor's Art Award, and Distinguished Woman awards from the National Association of Women in Education and the Girl Scout Council of America. She was featured in Rhino Records' CD "In Their Own Voices: A Century of American Poetry" and in the films: "The Desert is No Lady," "Art of the Wild," and "Woven by the Grandmothers: An Exhibition of 19th Century Navajo Textiles," which were all released on PBS stations. She also authored "Sáanii Dahataal: The Women Are Singing", "Songs of Shiprock Fair", and "A Radiant Curve".
Made possible by an endowment, the Laurie Okuma Memorial Reading brings women writers of underrepresented groups to the SDSU campus.
For more information, call 619-594-6054.
Location: SDSU Library, Room LL108, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego Google Map
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