Love and affection for Berkeley poet and dearest friend Julia Vinograd (Dec. 11, 1943 to Dec. 5, 2018). We are grateful for how she touched our lives.
“City, her shopping cart people
with coins on their eyes
steal names of dead poets off her street signs
and dance with them all night…”
– excerpt from Skulls & Crosswords
Julia Vinograd was a Berkeley street poet. She published more than 50 books of poetry, and won the American Book Award of The Before Columbus Foundation. She created three poetry CD collections: Bubbles and Bones, Eye of the Hand, and The Book Of Jerusalem. She received a BA. from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa.
She received the 2004 Poetry Lifetime Achievement Award from the City of Berkeley.