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SUMMER WRITING PROGRAM 2008

The themes of the Summer Writing Program 2008 will dovetail into one another as the US of A goes forward to elect new leaders, whose power and politics will influence the conditions on the whole planet and affect many lives for better or worse. This is an important shift and—as visionary writers with a long lineage in the “outrider” tradition—we need to be especially vocal and vigilant, continuing our grassroots work and our imaginations of generosity and accountability with an allegiance to vital and refreshed language. Also keeping in mind the basis of what, in meditative traditions, is referred to as “big mind” and the Bodhisattva vow—working on behalf of other suffering sentient beings. The Summer Writing community is a “temporary autonomous zone” of camaraderie and mutual support, acknowledging cultural and creative difference, yet finding “common ground” by establishing webworks of communication and collaboration that may last many years. When we founded Naropa University in 1974—at a famous meeting with founder Chögyam Trungpa that included Allen Ginsberg, Diane di Prima, John Cage, Jackson Mac Low and yours truly (Anne Waldman)—we determined it was “a hundred year project at least.”

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Week One: June 16–22

THE WALL: TROUBLING OF RACE, CLASS, ECONOMICS, GENDER, AND IMAGINATION

Week Two: June 23–29

ELECTIVE AFFINITIES: AGAINST THE GRAIN: WRITERLY UTOPIAS

Week Three: June 30–July 6

ACTIVISM, ENVIRONMENTALISM: THE BIG PICTURE

Week Four: July 7–13

PERFORMANCE, COMMUNITY: POLICIES OF THE USA IN THE LARGER WORLD