1. Table of contents, American Studies Journal, issue 55:
http://asjournal.zusas.uni-halle.de/
2. My autobiographical text: “Fragments of an Autobiography or Remembering in the House of Time, From London to Wisconsin, 1933-2010:
http://asjournal.zusas.uni-halle.de/190.html
3. link to my poem that gives the whole issue its title of “Women’s Voices from The House of Time”:
http://asjournal.zusas.uni-halle.de/194.html
Moira Roth was featured in an article titled, “Poor Farm, Ahoy!” by Marilu Knode, a curator of contemporary global art living in St. Louis.
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For Moira Roth July 2010
I couldn’t make it to the Poor Farm
But It I know what it’s like,
I’ve seen it in my dreams, always on a hill
A lawn of weeds in front, a few bent figures
Scattered here and there, postures unforgiving,
Anonymous staffage.
I know what it is like from reading
About the dispossessed in England, the misérables in France,
The Depression in the U.S. of A. I know what it’s like from
Jacob Riis’s clever photos
That dull the glance, reveal the glare
Of poor folk’s pots, the
Messiness of their bedding, I know
from Daumier, Courbet and the London Illustrated News.
I know what the Poor Farm is like and what it’s not
It’s not nice.
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WINTER: The Library of Maps with Moira Roth
January 27 -– March 6, 2010
Library of Maps: A collaborative project by Moira Roth, Sobodan Dan Paich and Dennis Letbetter
Public Reception: Wednesday, January 27, 5:00-7:00pm followed by a talk/performance by Moira Roth and Slobodan Dan Paich at 7:00 pm at UCSC Media Theater as part of the Visiting Artists Lecture Series. Organized by Sesnon Gallery director Shelby Graham and History of Art and Visual Culture faculty Boreth Ly, and sponsored by the Porter College Distinguished Artist & Lecturer Fund. Moira Roth began the Library of Maps as an ongoing series in 2001, which has grown to 41 texts about an imaginary library, its contents, inhabitants and history. The exhibition consists of broadsheets, drawings by Slobodan Dan Paich, photographs by Dennis Letbetter, and collection of stones and text by Moira Roth. Roth taught at the University of California (Irvine: 1970-1972, Santa Cruz: 1973-1974, and UC San Diego: 1974–1985), and currently holds an endowed chair at Mills College.
This event is made possible in part by gifts to the Arts Division at UCSC. Give to the Arts at http://arts.ucsc.edu/giving.
Location:
Porter Faculty Gallery UCSC
When:
Wed, 01/27/2010 – 5:00pm – 9:00pm