UC San Diego Library Exhibit
Honors Poet, Professor Emeritus Rothenberg

January 31, 2007

By Paul K. Mueller

Poet and UC San Diego emeritus professor Jerome Rothenberg will speak at a ceremony on 24 Feb. that opens an exhibition of his work.

The work of celebrated poet Jerome Rothenberg, UC San Diego professor emeritus in both visual arts and literature, will be featured in an exhibit beginning Saturday, Feb. 24, in the Geisel Library on campus.

“Dynamic Exchange: Collaborative Works of Jerome Rothenberg” illustrates his work with other poets and artists during the past 50 years.

The public is invited to attend, and media coverage is welcome.

Rothenberg, 75, will read from his work at an exhibition-opening ceremony in the library, joined by other artists and poets, including Bert Turetsky, David Antin, Michael Davidson and others.

Rothenberg is an internationally renowned poet, performance artist, critic and scholar. He has published more than 60 books, booklets and pamphlets of poetry, and assembled and edited several germinal anthologies of experimental and traditional poetry and performance.

An emeritus member of the both the Visual Arts and Literature faculties, Rothenberg also served as chair of the Visual Arts Department and as director of the Literature Department’s creative-writing program.

Media Contact: Paul K. Mueller, 858-534-8564
Comment: Lynda Corey Claassen, 858-534-1272