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Diane Poetry Deal

Sunday, October 19th — 2 pm
The Poetry Deal: Diane di Prima
with poet QR Hand
and pianist Walter Earl

Diane Poetry Deal

Diane di Prima, San Francisco Poet Laureate Emeritus, launches her new collection The Poetry Deal (San Francisco Poet Laureate Series No. 5, City Lights Publishers, 2014) in the company of the legendary QR Hand. Both are treasured, original voices with decades of influential work to their credit including four or five decades here in the Bay Area.

Joining Diane and QR is the very wonderful piano improviser and composer Walter Earl.

Poet QR Hand

Poet QR Hand

Pianist Walter Earl

Pianist Walter Earl

1 Comment

  1. Tisa Walden on October 18, 2014 at 6:43 am

    Dear Nick and Eric —

    moved to see this reading w/ old friend QR and DdP

    — 2 people with real fortitude. . .very best to you both

    TW



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