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Kaya Oakes

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born

January 15, 1616 in Oakland, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.oakestown.org

genre

Nonfiction, Poetry, Comics & Graphic Novels

influences

Paul Celan, Neil Young, Anne Carson, Willie Nelson, Shock G, Mike Watt

member since

September 2007

About this author

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Kaya Oakes' nonfiction book, Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture, was published by Henry Holt in 2009. Her forthcoming memoir/ethnography/theological rant, Radical Reinvention, will be published by Counterpoint Press in 2012. Her collection of poetry, Telegraph, received the Transcontinental Poetry Prize from Pavement Saw Press in 2007. She has twice been a Pushcart nominee for nonfiction and has been the recipient of grants and awards from the Academy of American Poets, the Mellon Foundation, and the Bay Area Writing Project. Born and raised in Oakland, California, she teaches writing at the University of California, Berkeley, and was the senior editor of Kitchen Sink Magazine for five years.

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Kaya Oakes's Blog

lady poverty

Eight hundred years ago, Chiara Offreducio heard the message of radical poverty being preached around town by a young guy named Francesco, and she ran away from home, eschewing the life of nobility she and Francesco had both been born into. Legend has it that when her family came into the monastery to claim her, when they picked her up, her body became heavier than stone.

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Books by Kaya Oakes

Average rating: 3.61 · 179 ratings · 50 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture 3.41 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Telegraph 4.68 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Radical Reinvention: An Unlikely Return to the Catholic Church 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — expected publication 2012	My rating:

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Author appearance, July 11, 2012 07:00PM
Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, US
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Author appearance, July 12, 2012 07:00PM
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Village Books, Bellingham, WA, US

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Kaya is Currently Reading

Kaya is currently reading:

Fathers and Sons

by Ivan Turgenev

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Mar 14, 2012 07:31am

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War and Peace (Vintage Classics)

by Leo Tolstoy

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Feb 08, 2012 08:52pm

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The History of White People

by Nell Irvin Painter

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Jan 27, 2012 06:45am

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Kaya Oakes wrote a new blog post: lady poverty lady poverty Eight hundred years ago, Chiara Offreducio heard the message of radical poverty being preached around town by a young guy named Francesco, and she... read more »
May 15, 2012 08:35am · like
Kaya gave to: Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend by Susan Orlean (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Feb 08, 2012 08:54pm
Kaya is currently reading: War and Peace (Vintage Classics) by Leo Tolstoy	My rating:
Feb 08, 2012 08:52pm
Kaya is currently reading: The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter	My rating:
Jan 27, 2012 06:45am
Kaya gave to: The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop by Dan Charnas	My rating:
Exhaustive. Charnas must have spent years doing research for this book. Some parts were more compelling than others (while I appreciate the narratives about the branding of hip hop in clothing lines and energy drinks, those sections dragged a bit for...more
Dec 23, 2011 05:45pm · see review
Kaya gave to: Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia by Dennis Covington	My rating:
Re-read this because I'm teaching it in the spring. It's one of those books you can tear through in a day or two, but it lingers for a really long time.
Dec 17, 2011 07:09am · see review
Kaya gave to: 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein	My rating:
Liked the concept, thought the characters were two-dimensional, liked some of the writing, thought there were too many epic passages of dialogue without any action. In other words, it is just like academia.
Dec 03, 2011 07:16am · see review
Kaya gave to: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides	My rating:
Though much of this book appealed to me, being of the generation that had to suffer through deconstruction as an English major, the big problem with the book is the fact that Madeline is ultimately nothing more than a cipher. I'm not one of those fem...more
Nov 25, 2011 07:42am · see review
Kaya gave to: The Phenomenon of Man by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin read in October, 2011	My rating:
Oct 28, 2011 12:40pm
Kaya added: The Rule of Benedict: Insights for the Ages by Joan D. Chittister	My rating:
Oct 28, 2011 12:39pm