On the 8/7/24 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour:

Rhony Bhopla joins in to discuss her feelings after winning the 2024 Pacific University Alumni Association’s Emerging Leader Award. She describes the gratitude she holds for her community that has recognized her for her hard work. Rhony then shares her thoughts on the important intersection of poetry and politics, and delineates ways to approach such rhetoric through the arts. Dr. Andy and Rhony then have a conversation about the many roles an instructor takes on and activism on college campuses. Dr. Andy delivers a brief story about spontaneous guest lectures from when he would teach his students outside before Rhony reads a two-part ecopoetic poem title she had previously read at Poetry Night at the Natsoulas Gallery. Rhony then describes balancing her creative interests, outlets, inspirations and profession.

Rhony Bhopla is a British-Indo American poet, book critic, and visual artist. She is a Kwame Dawes Mapmakers Scholar and a recipient of a fellowship in the Anaphora Arts Emerging Critics Program. She will receive the 2024 Pacific University Alumni Association's Emerging Leader Award. Rhony serves as the Pacific University Vice President of the Alumni Association Board of Representatives, as the Board Chair of Women's Wisdom Art, and volunteers for the Sacramento Medical Reserve Corps. She works as a science educator for Sierra Nevada Journeys. She holds a Bachelor in Science in Biological Sciences with a minor in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Davis, and an MFA in Writing from Pacific University in Oregon.

The Poetry Night Reading Series is excited to feature an evening with poets Mercedes Ibáñez and Jean Biegun at 7 PM on Thursday, August 15th, 2024, on the first floor of the John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street in Davis. If the weather is nice, we may meet on the roof.

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Find out more about Dr. Andy's Poetry Night Reading Series in Davis, California by visiting http://www.poetryindavis.com. Invite your friends to sign up for the mailing list. To learn more about Dr. Andy’s tiny media fiefdom, visit his weekly newsletter at https://andyjones.substack.com and follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/andyojones.