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Camille Dungy: "Art for Life's Sake: On the Necessity of Politically-Engaged Poetry"
Camille Dungy will give a lecture on the art and craft of poetry as part of the Napa Valley Writers' Conference.
Tuesday, July 26: 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Napa Valley College, Upper Valley Campus: 1088 College Ave., Saint Helena, California 94574
Dungy is the author of Smith Blue, Suck on the Marrow, and What to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave for Poison. She is the editor of Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry and co-editor of From the Fishouse: An Anthology of Poems that Sing, Rhyme, Resound, Syncopate, Alliterate, and Just Plain Sound Great. Dungy’s honors and awards include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Sustainable Arts Foundation, and Cave Canem.
Lecture tickets cost $25 per person and may be purchased by cash or check at the door. Or attend all eight conference lectures for a fee of $175, or just the poetry or fiction series (four lectures) for $90.
Students with valid ID are admitted for $15 per lecture. Napa Valley Writers' Conference attendees, supporters, and community housing hosts are admitted for free.
The conference is a program of Napa Valley College. For more information, visit napawritersconference.org.
