"Great Books, Cultural Bias, Robinson Jeffers, and a Kid from Brooklyn"
Professor Emeritus at Monterey Peninsula College where he taught composition, literature, public speaking and
humanities for 32 years, Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts is co-editor of the college text Bridges; co-editor/cotranslator
of two works from the Telugu, Sudha (Nectar) by Chalam and The Selected Verses of Vemana, both of
which have been accepted into UNESCO’s Collection of Representative works: Indian Series; and co-author of
Bowing to Receive the Mountain: Essays by Lin Jensen and Poetry by Elliot Roberts. White Fire, a collection
of his poems, was published in May of 2017 by The Ping-Pong Free Press of the Henry Miller Memorial
Library. His poetry has appeared in various journals and anthologies.
Monterey Peninsula College Campus
Monday, May 9, 2019 • 7:00pm
Sam Karas Room, Library & Technology Building
Admission free but limited seating.