Eco-poet and peace activist Brenda will present on Art and Activism at Butte College, at 12:30 p.m. on October 8 in the library’s Center for Excellence, 3536 Butte Campus Drive, Oroville.

The event is open to the public. She will later provide another lecture at 7:30 p.m. at the 1078 Gallery in Chico (location).

Hillman’s latest book in the tetralogy on earth, air, fire and water is titled Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire, which the Los Angeles Times just announced is nominated for the National Book Award, one of the most prestigious awards in the country.

Hillman was “One of the Fifty Most Inspiring Authors in the World” in 2010. She has published nine collections of poetry, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 for her book, Bright Existence, and received the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Poetry for her book, Practical Water. 

Hillman has received awards and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Poetry Society of America among others.  She teaches at Saint Mary’s College where she is the director of the Masters in Fine Arts program.