Toi Derricotte's most recent book is the Undertaker's Daughter. Her honors include the 2012 Paterson Poetry Prize for Sustained Literary Achievement and the 2012 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, American Poetry Review and the Paris Review. With Cornelius Eady, she co-founded Cave Canem in 1996 and she is a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.
Political issues facing the state of California, the United States, or the international community.
Instructor: Alan Ross
Guest Lecturer: Derek Cressman - California Common Cause
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