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Book Launch with Charles Bernstein and Norman Fischer
May 11th (CHANGED FROM May 13) |
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The poets discuss how being Jewish reflects on their poetry and how the avant-garde tradition informs their identity. Join a launch of their new collection of essays by 20th century Jewish poets.
The poets discuss how being Jewish reflects on their poetry and how the avant-garde tradition informs their identity. Join a launch of their new collection of essays by 20th century Jewish poets. Presented in partnership with Small Traffic Press. |
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Tuesday, May 11th 2010, 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm |
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Phone #1: 415-292-1200 Fax: 415-276-1550 info@jccsf.org http://www.jccsf.org/  |
Joanna Steinhardt Phone: 415.292.1229, ext. 1175 jsteinhardt@jccsf.org |
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| Conversation with poet Charles BernsteinNorman and pet Charles Bernstein discuss how being Jewish reflects on their poetry and how the avant-garde tradition informs their identity... Zoketsu Norman Fischer | May 27, 2010  |
| Going It AloneAn article for Buddhadharma magazine by Norman Fischer, Judy Lief, Barry Magid, Gaylon Ferguson, Sylvia Boorstein, and Lewis Richmond.... Zoketsu Norman Fischer | Mar 1, 2010  |
| Questions/Places/Voices/SeasonsNorman reads from and talks about his newly published collection of poetry "Questions/Places/Voices/Seasons.... Zoketsu Norman Fischer | Sep 20, 2009 |
| Blizzard of DepictionsA talk about the essentially unrepresentable nature of Buddhism, given by Norman at the "Speaking For the Buddha?: Buddhism and the Media" conference at U.C. Berkeley on February 8-9, 200... Zoketsu Norman Fischer | Aug 8, 2009 |
| Love, Loss, and Anxious TimesFear and uncertainty mark our lives as we face our own difficulties and those of a troubled world.... Zoketsu Norman Fischer | Aug 1, 2009 |
| Why I Have to WriteAren’t words and concepts the antithesis of enlightenment? In an essay published in the March 2007 issue of Shambhala Sun, Norman wonders why he is compelled to write, and concludes that all language is a form of prayer... Zoketsu Norman Fischer | May 31, 2009 |
| The Collected Poems of Philip WhalenNorman reviews his friend Philip Whalen's collected work... Zoketsu Norman Fischer | May 31, 2009 |
| Applied DharmaIn this essay about applied dharma, Norman writes about skillful means, mindfulness and his work with conflict mediators, hospice workers, lawyers and employees at Google. The article is published in the March issue of Shambhala Sun magazine... Zoketsu Norman Fischer | Apr 28, 2009  |
| The Raw SpotIn this essay for Shambhala Sun magazine, Norman writes about the pain and bewilderment of losing his closest friend, and offers concrete advice and ways to work with loss. The title, "The Raw Spot," refers to the teaching by Chogyam Trungpa on embryonic compassion, which grows from the sore or raw or wounded spot in our bodies and hearts... Zoketsu Norman Fischer | Apr 23, 2009 |
| Light(silence)wordA meditation, in poetry and prose, on light, language, and silence in Kabbalistic and Zen literature, focusing on the Zohar and Kabbalistic texts and on Buddhist views of language and Dogen's linguistic praxis.... Zoketsu Norman Fischer | Apr 22, 2009 |
