Alison Cobb (pronouns she/her) is a native of Los Alamos, New Mexico– site of the construction of the first atomic bomb. She carries this history with her in her writing and collaborations. Her writing has appeared in Best American Poetry, Denver Quarterly, and Colorado Review, and many other journals. She has been a resident artist at Djerassi and Playa, and received fellowships from the Oregon Arts Commission and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Author of Plastic: an Autobiography (2021) her as a way to illuminate the “web of connections” a human life has to plastic, to “make real” for herself “and maybe for others the implication of the human imprint on this planet.” Cobb sits on the board of Fonograf, a literature and record label based in Portland, OR, also her current city of residence.
When: 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. Wednesday, October 23
Where: In-person in the Comm Building Recital Hall and live streamed via Zoom webinar
Zoom Webinar Link: https://evergreen.zoom.us/j/86447124526
