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Alan Pizzarelli and Donna Beaver
Alan Pizzarelli filming Donna Beaver in conversation with Dr. Arima at the Fifth Haiku Pacific Rim Conference, September 2012. Photo by Fay Aoyagi. Watch the video with Dr. Arima.
Alan Pizzarelli
Alan Pizzarelli
Alan Pizzarelli is a poet and musician originally from New Jersey now living in North Carolina. He has been writing haiku and senyru for more than four decades. He studied under the tutelage of Professor Harold G. Henderson in New York City. Pizzarelli has published 13 collections of poetry. His work has been widely anthologized in major journals and books, including the highly respected collection, The Haiku Anthology.
Check out his latest book: Mind Zaps
Donna Beaver from an artist profile in the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian magazine.
Donna Beaver
Donna Beaver is an Alaska Native (Tlingit / Tsimshian) poet and artist originally from Juneau, Alaska now living in North Carolina. In addition to writing, she is a photographer, filmmaker, graphic/web designer, and multimedia artist. She also works in traditional materials as a mixed-media collage artist, illustrator and jewelry designer.
Artist profile in the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian magazine's Winter 2023 issue:
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Donna and Al at Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska (photo by Keevin Lewis, NMAI).