To be continued,
two things happened.
The oldest daughter went blind.
The dog turned a circle and died.
There were other things too but by that time,
I had cried myself to sleep.
I knew a boy who would not turn his head to the left.
And a dog, who chased his tail like a fish in a bag,
day and night and day and night.
I worry
until you read to me out loud,
the sun rolls over the edge of the world.
This turns me inside out
like an orange slice. The meat of my heart fluffed up.
For want of light, the eye will shrivel.
The fur of a violet, too.
And so again, you read to me in bed:
with hands clasped, they ran a little way—
sisters on a prairie. In New York,
I followed a blind man whose wrist was tied with string.
For 26 miles, two men ran this way.
There are people like that and trees hacked to the heartwood
now growing leaves. It is quiet
when the book slides to the floor.
BIN38, 3232 Scott Street @ Chestnut, San Francisco, CA
Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 6-8pm
Michelle Tholen, oil on panel & charcoal drawings
Halee Hatlestad, photography
Lauren Napolitano, ink drawings
WritersCorps joins forces with 4 museums to present Claim the Block, readings by young writers who are connecting to their city and its art.Each Claim the Block reading features WritersCorps students from public schools, paired with local writers who serve as WritersCorps teachers. Through poetry and prose, the students will relate to the art in the museums, tackle issues of adolescence, and claim their place in their neighborhoods and communities in San Francisco. The events also feature artwork and performance by youth groups from the museums. All events are free or low-cost and open to the public.
February 13, 4:30-5:30 pm
Museum of the African Diaspora
685 Mission St / $2
Featuring Myron Michael Hardy and Neela Banerjee
With students from Downtown High School and Ida B. Wells High School
March 11, 7-8 pm
Contemporary Jewish Museum
736 Mission St / Free
Featuring Carrie Leilam Love and Cindy Je
With students from Mission High School, Hilltop High School and the San Francisco Main Public Library
April 10, 6:30-7:30 pm
Zeum
221 4th St / Free
Featuring Aracely Gonzalez and Rick D’Elia
With students from International Studies Academy and Aptos Middle School
April 23, 7:30-8:30 pm
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission St / Free (RSVP required, email writerscorps@gmail.com)
Featuring Milta Ortiz
With students from the WritersCorps Apprentice Program
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