Get ready for the symposium of your life, because on March 4-5, Berkeley is hosting a symposium to “explore 400 rich years of African American nature writing, as evidenced in a new, first-ever anthology of nature poetry by black writers.”

Some may think that African-American nature writing is not very common, but, well, that’s just plain wrong. Cecil Giscombe, African-American poet and UCB English prof, explains it this way: “Nature is everywhere in writing, yet public read more »

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Want to make the most of the last remaining dregs of summer? Have a car? Don’t have a car, but know someone who does? Then you should totally take advantage of  that sliver of time between your final summer finals and the start of real school (barf) in about a week or so and go to a national park.

They may not exist for long, after all, and there is literally no better time than this weekend–because it will be free. Yep, yep, yep! You can get in touch with your inner Teddy Roosevelt at any one of these national parks, all of which usually charge admission, and none of which–as far as we know–are particularly accessible by BART.  So there you go. When you get there, just remember to walk softly and carry a big stick.  A big walking stick, that is … ( Hardy har. God, we’re funny.)

Image Source: Anoop Joy under Creative Commons
U.S. National Park Service Free-Free Weekend Parks (By State) [NPS], via SFist

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Tags:free stuff, Muir Woods, national parks, nature, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Sequoia National Park, Yosemite
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