Mixing his warm humor with intricate songwriting, singer David
Wilcox delivered an inspired concert to 200 students, staff
and community members on Valencia's East Campus. Wilcox's generous
set included such well-known songs as "Inside of My Head"
and "Rule Number One." He followed that with an intimate
master class, where he discussed the art and inspiration of being
a musician.
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Jane Hirshfield
February 15, 2005
With a subtlety and quiet fierceness, Jane Hirshfield
read from her entire career of outstanding work. Starting with some
of her earliest poems, Hirshfield moved chronologically through
her five books, ending with many of the precise observations from
her last book, Given Sugar, Given Salt.
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Fred D'Aguiar
November 4, 2004
With a commanding presence and sly sense of humor, Fred
D'Aguiar told of his childhood in Guyana and London as
well as his struggles of being an African American in those places.
His writings and comments mixed the influences of Calypso culture,
British colonialism, Bob Marley, James Brown and the anti-racist
movement that swept through London in the 1970s.
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David Whyte
September 23, 2004
To an attentive crowd on West Campus, poet and writer David
Whyte delivered a powerful presentation on the preservation
of our self and soul in work. Quoting from his own poetry and others,
Whyte encouraged us to have those "fierce conversations"
with ourselves and our work.
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