Thursday, February 21, 7pm
YESEFA RAZ
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Yolo County Library in the Blanchard Room, 317 W. 14th Street, Davis.
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Yosefa Raz is an Israeli-American poet, whose first book, In Exchange for a Homeland, was published in 2004 by Swan Scythe Press. She is a graduate of the U.C. Davis creative writing program, and now lives in Berkeley, where she is working on her doctorate. The reading is sponsored by Israel Peace Alternatives.
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Friday, February 22, 7:30pm
SUSAN KELLY-DeWITT
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The Avid Reader, 617 Second Street, Davis.
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Susan Kelly-DeWitt will celebrate the publication of her first full- length collection, The Fortunate Islands, at a readingThe author of six chapbooks and a letterpress collection, The Book of Insects, she has been the recipient of a Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University, and has won many national awards for her writing. Her poems have appeared in Poetry, Prairie Schooner, New Letters, North American Review, Rosebud, Cutbank, and Nimrod, among many other journals.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
FEB 6 & 7 | Poetry | Readings in Davis | Mary Mackey | Joe Wenderoth Options
Wednesday, February 6, 9pm
MARY MACKEY
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Bistro 33, 226 F Street, Davis.
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Poetry Night hosts Andy Jones and Brad Henderson are pleased to announce that the esteemed poet, novelist and Sac State Professor Mary Mackey will be the featured performer at Poetry Night at Bistro 33 on February 6 at 9pm. Mackey has published five volumes of poetry, a novella, and eleven novels. Her works have sold over a million copies and have been translated into eleven foreign languages, including Japanese, Hebrew, Greek, and Finnish.
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Mackey's nonfiction and memoirs have appeared in various anthologies. She has reviewed books for The San Francisco Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury News, the American Book Review, and a variety of other publications; has lectured at Harvard and the Smithsonian; and has contributed to such diverse print and on-line publications as The Chiron Review, Redbook, and Salon.
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Poetry Night takes place on the first and third Wednesday of every month. After the featured performer, an open mic will give new and experienced poets and performers an opportunity to share their work. Admission is free, and all are welcome to join the evening of literary performance at 226 F Street in the old City Hall building. For more information, contact Bistro 33 at (530) 756-4556.
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Thursday, February 7, 2008, 8pm (sharp)
JOE WENDEROTH
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The John Natsoulas Center for the Arts, 521 1st Street, Davis.
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The heralded author of the poetry collections No Real Light, Disfortune, and It Is If I Speak; the epistolary novel Letters to Wendy's, and the collection of essays The Holy Spirit of Life: Essays for John Ashcroft's Secret Self, will perform his work -poems, songs, and short silent film clips--in the darkened third floor of Davis's most majestic gallery. The critic Ben Marcus has commented that "Joe Wenderoth is a brilliant writer, original and subversive, sensitive and strange. I read his work with awe and admiration." Come early to this unforgettable event. Viewer Discretion is Advised. No Host Bar.
MARY MACKEY
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Bistro 33, 226 F Street, Davis.
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Poetry Night hosts Andy Jones and Brad Henderson are pleased to announce that the esteemed poet, novelist and Sac State Professor Mary Mackey will be the featured performer at Poetry Night at Bistro 33 on February 6 at 9pm. Mackey has published five volumes of poetry, a novella, and eleven novels. Her works have sold over a million copies and have been translated into eleven foreign languages, including Japanese, Hebrew, Greek, and Finnish.
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Mackey's nonfiction and memoirs have appeared in various anthologies. She has reviewed books for The San Francisco Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury News, the American Book Review, and a variety of other publications; has lectured at Harvard and the Smithsonian; and has contributed to such diverse print and on-line publications as The Chiron Review, Redbook, and Salon.
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Poetry Night takes place on the first and third Wednesday of every month. After the featured performer, an open mic will give new and experienced poets and performers an opportunity to share their work. Admission is free, and all are welcome to join the evening of literary performance at 226 F Street in the old City Hall building. For more information, contact Bistro 33 at (530) 756-4556.
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Thursday, February 7, 2008, 8pm (sharp)
JOE WENDEROTH
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The John Natsoulas Center for the Arts, 521 1st Street, Davis.
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The heralded author of the poetry collections No Real Light, Disfortune, and It Is If I Speak; the epistolary novel Letters to Wendy's, and the collection of essays The Holy Spirit of Life: Essays for John Ashcroft's Secret Self, will perform his work -poems, songs, and short silent film clips--in the darkened third floor of Davis's most majestic gallery. The critic Ben Marcus has commented that "Joe Wenderoth is a brilliant writer, original and subversive, sensitive and strange. I read his work with awe and admiration." Come early to this unforgettable event. Viewer Discretion is Advised. No Host Bar.