{"id":8087,"date":"2012-03-06T21:25:36","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T04:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/?p=8087"},"modified":"2013-01-30T15:36:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T22:36:00","slug":"alba-cruz-hacker-poet-writer-teacher-and-translator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2012\/03\/06\/alba-cruz-hacker-poet-writer-teacher-and-translator\/","title":{"rendered":"Alba Cruz-Hacker: Poet, writer, teacher and translator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_8088\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8088\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/AlbaCruzHacker.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"AlbaCruzHacker\" width=\"250\" height=\"321\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/AlbaCruzHacker.jpg 250w, https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/AlbaCruzHacker-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alba Cruz-Hacker, poet. Photo courtesy of Idyllwild Arts Academy <\/figcaption><\/figure>Poet, writer, teacher and translator, Alba Cruz-Hacker, will read from her recent works at 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 9. The reading will be held in the Fireside Room in Nelson Hall on the Idyllwild Arts campus.<\/p>\n<p>The Dominican-American Alba Cruz-Hacker is the author of \u201cNo Honey for Wild Beasts,\u201d which has been published in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean.  <\/p>\n<p>A Pushcart Prize nominee, she was the recipient of the 2007 University of California, Riverside Poet Laureate award, 2007 Tomas Rivera selection in poetry and 2010 Poets and Writers\u2019 Reading\/Workshop grant for her work with underserved populations. She has taught at University of California, Riverside, its Palm Desert Graduate Center and at the Richard Hugo House in Seattle. <\/p>\n<p>The reading is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poet, writer, teacher and translator, Alba Cruz-Hacker, will read from her recent works at 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 9. The reading will be held in the Fireside Room in Nelson Hall on the Idyllwild Arts campus. 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