Eight Books, a Education
EIGHT BOOKS, A EDUCATION A Written Creative Work submitted to the faculty of San Francisco State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for A 5 the Degree 3(p Master of Fine Arts In Creative Writing by Branden E. Balenzuela San Francisco, California January2017 Copyright by Branden E. Balenzuela 2017 CERTIFICATION OF APPROVAL I certify that I have read Eight Books, a Education by Branden E. Balenzuela, and that in my opinion this work meets the criteria for approving a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree Master of Fine Arts In Creative Writing (Poetry) at San Francisco State University. Andrew Joron, u Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Paul Hoover Professor of Creative Writing EIGHT BOOKS, A EDUCATION Branden E. Balenzuela San Francisco, California 2017 Eight Books, a Education, a collection of complicated dissections of thought progressions, is the combination of multiple experiences, projects, human progress-ings, master-ings, and memorizations of self... This here is a book bound with beat, rhythm, rhyme, heat, heart, earth, heaven, hell, birth, death, well; the rest rests inside. These are poems that started as thoughts, therapeutic breathers, feelings, observations. They talked their way into existence, were written out, remembered, mastered, and spoken: That breeze of breath is written on these pages, etched like grooves on vinyl, singing inward and outward. Singing about topics such as love, subjects like native seeds uprooted. These observations are embedded with an ancient wisdom B.E.B stays intact with. As Hip Hop is a culture of resistance and revolution, as is my work.
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