poets 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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Poets Berkson/McNaughton

Monday, August 29th, 7:00 pm Bill Berkson and Duncan McNaughton POETS!                 Bill Berkson and Duncan McNaughton are contemporaries, friends and widely respected literary figures.  In addition to their writings (more than a dozen books of poetry by Duncan since 1961, and a like number of volumes of…

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Poets Berkson/McNaughton-Moe-Rice/Sigafoos

POETS!  Three Readings of Note Bird & Beckett continues to offer one of the liveliest poetry scenes of any bookshop in town– in this City of Poets! Monday, August 29th, 7:00 pm Bill Berkson and Duncan McNaughton Bill and Duncan are contemporaries, friends and widely respected literary figures.  In addition to their writings (more than…

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Megan Harlan

Sunday afternoon Poet’s salon Sunday, August 21st, 2:30 pm Megan Harlan Megan’s recent collection of poems, Mapmaking, won the John Ciardi Prize for Poetry, and her poems have been heard on the PBS News Hour’s Poetry Series and published in numerous journals.  She has also had short stories, travel features and book reviews widely published…

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Paula Hackett & Connie Crothers

Poet Paula Hackett with pianist Connie Crothers Monday, August 15th – 7:00 pm POETS!  1st & 3rd Monday of each month Featured readers followed by an open mic Jerry Ferraz hosts Paula Hackett writes from a long, ongoing love affair with literature and jazz both.  Her father was a noted novelist, and at a young…

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PAWA and Geo. Wallace/Diane Frank

Sunday, August 7th Poets double header (split by jazz!) Two major poetry readings this Sunday, at 2:00 and at 7:00– At 2 pm, a 2-hour showcase of poets gathering under the banner of Philippine American Writers & Artists, Inc. Barbara Jane Reyes hosts Tina Bartolome, Bonne Marie Bautista, G. Justin Hulog, Cheena Marie Lo and…

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