English students and alums give voice to National Poetry Month

UCLA College via YouTube
May 6, 2025
|Throughout April, four current UCLA English majors and two alumni were featured in a UCLA College social media campaign to celebrate National Poetry Month.
In a series of video posted on YouTube, LinkedIn and Instagram, the Bruin poets read their original compositions. Watch and listen here:
- Alex Bravo reading “Breaking Up with Holden Caulfield”
- Stacie Cassarino, who earned her Ph.D. in 2014, reading “L.A. Translations”
- Alice Fulmer, a 2020 graduate, reading “Desert Father”
- Ryan Riffenburgh reading “Virginia”
- Brent Tuverson reading “The Raising of Lazarus”
- Rebecca von Damm reading “Birdbow”