Oakland Word Launches In Your Ear, Anthology of Writers From Free Workshops, July 8 party!
Blog entry by Kenji Liu.
Last updated at Thu, 8 Jul at 3:50pm.

What lives in Oakland, features 53 local writers, took 6 months, 9 editors, and 6 photographers to create, and has a real ISBN?

The Oakland Public Library presents In Your Ear, a book release party for the Oakland Word program on July 8, 2010, 6 – 8 p.m. at the Main Library’s West Auditorium, at 125 14th Street. Event is free and wheelchair accessible.

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What’s the Word?! Oakland Word Celebrates the City’s Bold Voices

Article by Nijla Mumin.
Last updated at Mon, 1 Feb at 9:27am.

“About 400,000 people live in our city and that means there are 400,000 different Oaklands. 400,000 different ways of hearing rancheras blasting from a Fruitvale corner store. 400,000 different ways of seeing the necklace of lights reflected in the lake at night. 400,000 different ways of smelling Flint's barbeque mix with the exhaust of an old-school on dubs at Havenscourt and Bancroft. In my Literature of Oakland workshop, the first thing I'm going to say is, "I want to know your Oakland." –Carrie Leilam Love, Oakland Word Instructor

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Kenji Liu explores place, history through poetry
Article by Kwan Booth.
Last updated at Mon, 18 Jan at 5:19pm.

Oakland poet Kenji Liu is a 1.5 generation Japanese-born Taiwanese American expatriate of New Jersey suburbia. His writing arises from his work as an activist, educator and cultural worker.

"When I first moved to California and landed in Oakland," he says, "it took about eight years to start feeling at home here," he said.

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