The Sixth Annual Maude Meehan Memorial Poetry Reading

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The Cabrillo College English Department and Poetry Santa Cruz present The Sixth Annual Maude Meehan Memorial Poetry Reading with readers Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs and Patrice Vecchione.

Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs is a full professor at Seattle University and teaches in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures as well as the Women and Gender Studies Department, and is co-director of the Patricia Wismer Center for Gender, Justice, and Diversity. She is the author of several books, two of which were recently nominated for awards. She is the author of Rebozos de Palabras: An Helena María Viramontes Critical Reader. And, she is first editor of Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia. This summer her edited books were the winner and the first runner-up of the 2014 Best Nonfiction Multi-Author International Latino Book Awards.

Dr. Gutiérrez y Muhs is also a renowned keynote speaker and poet who has represented the United States abroad in several countries, has read as the featured poet at the beginning of the Seattle City Council meetings, and is a commissioner for the Washington State Arts Commission.

Dr. Gutiérrez y Muhs moved to Seattle fifteen years ago from Stanford University, where she received her PhD. In 2008 she was named Teacher of the Year by the Student Body, and has truly enjoyed living and teaching the University Mission, its community and students. She is the mother of two teenage sons and the wife of Eric Muhs, Ballard High School Teacher, musician and visionary.

Patrice Vecchione’s new book, Step into Nature: Nurturing Imagination & Spirit in Everyday Life, is forthcoming in spring from Beyond Words/Simon & Schuster. And she is the author of Writing and the Spiritual Life and two books of poetry, most recently, The Knot Untied. Patrice is also the editor of many highly acclaimed anthologies for children, young adults, and adults. A collage artist, she has taught creative writing and collage at universities, libraries, community and spiritual centers, including Esalen Institute. Patrice offers workshops indoors and out, and makes her home in Monterey with her best beloveds—one husband, two cats, and a garden often in bloom. But Before Monterey, Patrice lived in Santa Cruz for thirty years. Her friendship with Maude is one of her life’s finer parts.


Admission free. This event is supported, in part, by funding from Arts Council Santa Cruz County.

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