Berkeley California TELEGRAPH Avenue Community First Edition Street Poetry 1970s

Description: STREET PIECESby JULIA VINOGRADLimited First Edition, First Printing. Thorp Springs Press, Berkeley, CA, 1975. Very good staple-bound paperback, light shelf wear, clean unmarked text. Julia Shalett Vinograd was an American poet prevalent in the "street culture" of the Telegraph Avenue community of Berkeley, California, in the 1960s & 1970s, where she earned the moniker "The Bubble Lady" from blowing bubbles at the People's Park demonstrations in 1969. Vinograd is depicted blowing bubbles in the People's Park Mural off of Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley. She has been called “The Unofficial Poet Laureate of Berkeley”.Vinograd was awarded a Pushcart Prize for her poem, "For The Young Men Who Died of AIDS," and in 1985 won an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. The City of Berkeley, California, awarded her a Poetry Lifetime Achievement Award. On June 4, 2004, Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates declared that day to be "Julia Vinograd Day," for representing the spirit of Berkeley: "She gives us a voice when ours vanishes. She gives voice to the homeless, the street performers, the merchant, the coffee drinker, friends and foes alike, and her words, like a sharp knife, cut deep into the truth. She describes us as full of life, and love, and heartache. She makes us honest. We, the eccentric, the lonely, the broken are given a voice.Loc: EPH1-2StoreAdd to FavoritesFeedbackBerkeley California TELEGRAPH Avenue Community First Edition Street Poetry 1970s STREET PIECESby JULIA VINOGRADLimited First Edition, First Printing. Thorp Springs Press, Berkeley, CA, 1975. Very good staple-bound paperback, light shelf wear, clean unmarked text. Julia Shalett Vinograd was an American poet prevalent in the "street culture" of the Telegraph Avenue community of Berkeley, California, in the 1960s & 1970s, where she earned the moniker "The Bubble Lady" from blowing bubbles at the People's Park demonstrations in 1969. Vinograd is depicted blowing bubbles in the People's Park Mural off of Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley. She has been called “The Unofficial Poet Laureate of Berkeley”.Vinograd was awarded a Pushcart Prize for her poem, "For The Young Men Who Died of AIDS," and in 1985 won an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. The City of Berkeley, California, awarded her a Poetry Lifetime Achievement Award. On June 4, 2004, Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates declared that day to be "Julia Vinograd Day," for representing the spirit of Berkeley: "She gives us a voice when ours vanishes. She gives voice to the homeless, the street performers, the merchant, the coffee drinker, friends and foes alike, and her words, like a sharp knife, cut deep into the truth. She describes us as full of life, and love, and heartache. She makes us honest. We, the eccentric, the lonely, the broken are given a voice.Loc: EPH1-2

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