Lecturer Oakes is a real piece of work!
Kaya Oakes, M.F.A. Lecturer.
Kaya Oakes
Office Hours: MW 11-12 a.m.
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Email: kaya_o@berkeley.edu
Kaya Oakes is the author of a memoir, Radical Reinvention (Counterpoint Press, 2012); a social science book of nonfiction, Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture (Henry Holt, 2009; San Francisco Chronicle notable book, 2009), and a poetry collection, Telegraph (Pavement Saw Press, 2007; Transcontinental Poetry Prize). At Berkeley, she was the recipient of an innovation grant and a faculty fellowship from the Mellon Faculty Institute for Undergraduate Research. A working journalist and creative nonfiction writer since elementary school, Kaya’s essays have twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize in nonfiction, and her poems have received awards from the Academy of American Poets. Her books and essays are taught in creative writing and composition courses at numerous universities, and she is a frequent speaker on the intersections of spirituality, feminism, and popular culture. She joined the CWP faculty in 1999.
Its unbelievable that this individual is able to feed herself despite producing nothing of intrinsic value to society.
Rather, she appears to produce only division and general claptrap, appealing to the weak-minded who then disgorge a portion of whatever wealth they have, transferring it to this imbecile.
That there is a market for such stupidity in society is telling. Modern society is so efficient that it allows idiots like this too much free time, and rather than being out in the fields living by the sweat of their brow, these idiots subsequently have excess time to vent their ignorance and corrode civil society.
Maybe this is the most awful doggerel, but politically correct so it gets plaudits.