Archive for September 2011
Poets Sakkis & Xu
Monday, September 19th, 7 pm John Sakkis & Lynn Xu + open mic POETS! 1st & 3rd Mondays hosted by Jerry Ferraz John Sakkis is the author of Rude Girl (BlazeVOX Books), and with Angelos Sakkis he has translated two books by Athenian poet Demothenes Agrafiotis — Maribor (The Post-Apollo Press), awarded the 2011 Northern…
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Tonight! Monday, September 12th, 7 pm POETS! David Rowe & Marc Olmsted A native of Worcester, Mass., David Rowe was educated at Swarthmore. His poems have appeared in the Cortland Review, the North American Review, Big Bridge, Dorado, Solid Quarter, Exquisite Corpse, YAWP, & in the anthology, the Maple Leaf Rag. A poet equally of…
Read MoreMacy Blackman + Panel on postcolonial literature
This coming Sunday… September 18th… two events A Panel Discussion of New Writing from India, Africa and the Caribbean Music by Macy Blackman and the Mighty Fines first up: literary panel at 2 pm! Speakers: Aaron Bady – Rohit Chopra – Gautam Premnath Academic specialists Rohit Chopra (Asst. Prof., Dept. of Communication, Santa Clara Univ.), Gautam Premnath…
Read MoreLori b
Sunday, September 11, 4:30 pm Lori B – a woman, a guitar, a toy piano… which way west? Sunday concert series lori B made an indelible mark on the American creative landscape as a singer-songwriter with her debut CD, Hurricane Child, in 1996. She toured extensively and won raves, including this tribute by David Crosby:…
Read Morepoets Rice, Sigafoos, Polis, Black Radish
Poetry Readings Times Four Saturday-Sunday-Monday Saturday, September 10 – 5 pm a poet from the neighborhood, and one from farther out Jane Rice & Suzanne Sigafoos Jane Rice is a neighborhood gal, but more importantly a serious poet of long experience. She will read from her new chapbook, The Truth About the World. Jane notes,…
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Monday, September 5th, 7:00 pm H.D. Moe POETS! Featured reader + open mic Hosted by Jerry Ferraz 1st & 3rd Monday of Each Month H.D. Moe has been a force on the Bay Area poetry scene since the 1970s, tirelessly generating volcanic streams of work that falls somewhere on the psychedelic / surrealist / automatic…
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