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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
May 12 | Dale "Crawdad" Nelson, Maureen Hurley | Rattlesnake Press Reading
Join Rattlesnake Press in celebrating the work of Crawdad Nelson and Maureen Hurley this coming Wednesday, May 12, as Richard Hansen hosts at The Book Collector, 1008 24th St., Sacramento, 7:30pm.
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Dale "Crawdad" Nelson has been in Sacramento long enough to discover two excellent patches of morels, within walking distance. He also knows where to get lemons, oranges, persimmons and walnuts. His latest collection is Big Drink, from 24th Street Irregular Press, 2009. His poems have appeared in places like the Palo Alto Review, New Hampshire Review, The Bear Deluxe, Sacramento News & Review, and other print and online publications. He works as a writing tutor at Sacramento City College, where he is also a history major, and he believes the study of grammar has profound implications. Read more about Dale at http://www.myspace.com/crawdadnelson- - -
Maureen Hurley is a writer, photographer and an artist in the schools who has received many grants from local, state and national arts agencies including seven Artists in Residency grants from the CAC California Arts Council. She also teaches poetry through California Poets in the Schools (CPITS) Maureen's many awards include the Chester H. Jones Poetry Competition. Her work has been nominated for the Golden Bell Award, and the Pushcart Poetry Prize. Read more about Maureen at http://www.myspace.com/maureenhurley2
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Sunday, April 25 | Booksigning | Book Sale | Free Books
Sunday, April 25th, 4 - 6pm
Book Signing with ARTHUR WINFIELD KNIGHT
- Small Press Book Sale- Free Poems-For-All miniature books- - -
The Book Collector
1008 24th Street, between J & K Streets.
Sacramento/
Richard @poems-for-all.com
916.442.9295
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Please join us between 4 and 6pm for a BOOKSIGNING with Arthur W. Knight. Poet, writer and editor of UNSPEAKABLE VISIONS, a literary journal of Beat Generation writing, Arthur celebrates the release of his latest book. Arthur will be hanging out at the bookstore on Sunday afternoon to sign books and chat with anyone who comes for a visit. Join us in a relaxed environment with light refreshments to talk with the author.
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SMALL PRESS SALE: All small press poetry publications from presses like Rattlesnake Press and Swan Scythe will be on sale between 4 -6pm for 20% off.
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FREE POEMS-FOR-ALL: In honor of Poem-in-Your-Pocket Day (coming up on April 29th) dozens of free little books are yours for the taking! Come grab a pocket full...
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ARTHUR WINFIELD KNIGHT has published more than 2,000 poems and short stories and, with his wife Kit, has edited eight volumes dealing with the Beat Generation, including "Kerouac and the Beats" (Paragon House, 1988). His most recent of his novel is Misfits Country" (Tres Picos Press, 2008) Other novels include: "Blue Skies Falling," (Forge, 2001) based on Sam Peckinpah; "Johnnie D.," (Forge, 2000); "The Darkness Starts Up Where You Stand" (Depth Charge Books, 1996), and; "The Secret Life of Jesse James" (BurnhillWolf Books, 1996). He has also completed a novel about Billy the Kid.
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Arthur Winfield Knight is a well-known chronicler of the Beat Generation. In addition to his correspondence with and photography of the poets and writers of the Beat Generation, Arthur co-edited The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual series of books in a total volume of eight. THE BEAT BOOK (Arthur Winfield and Glee Knight, editors) was published in 1974 as Vol. 4 of The Unspeakable Visions series. An essential beat book, with a wealth of photos and contributions by key figures of the beat movement, including Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Carolyn and Neal Cassady, Phil Whalen, Carl Solomon, Peter Orlovsky, Gregory Corso, John C. Holmes, Paul Bowles, Bob Kaufman, Micheal McClure, Jack Micheline, Larry Rivers, Gary Snyder, Dianne Di Prima, Paul Metcalf, Herbert Huncke, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and others. THE BEAT DIARY (Arthur Winfield and Kit Knight, editors) was published in 1977 as Volume 5 of The Unspeakable Visions series. It featured contributions from Kerouac, Corso, Ginsberg, and Di Prima, among others.
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Arthur has photographed many famous writers, including Henry Miller and Aldus Huxley, and has over 200 book jackets to his credit.
Book Signing with ARTHUR WINFIELD KNIGHT
- Small Press Book Sale- Free Poems-For-All miniature books- - -
The Book Collector
1008 24th Street, between J & K Streets.
Sacramento/
Richard @poems-for-all.com
916.442.9295
- - -
Please join us between 4 and 6pm for a BOOKSIGNING with Arthur W. Knight. Poet, writer and editor of UNSPEAKABLE VISIONS, a literary journal of Beat Generation writing, Arthur celebrates the release of his latest book. Arthur will be hanging out at the bookstore on Sunday afternoon to sign books and chat with anyone who comes for a visit. Join us in a relaxed environment with light refreshments to talk with the author.
- - -
SMALL PRESS SALE: All small press poetry publications from presses like Rattlesnake Press and Swan Scythe will be on sale between 4 -6pm for 20% off.
- - -
FREE POEMS-FOR-ALL: In honor of Poem-in-Your-Pocket Day (coming up on April 29th) dozens of free little books are yours for the taking! Come grab a pocket full...
- - -
ARTHUR WINFIELD KNIGHT has published more than 2,000 poems and short stories and, with his wife Kit, has edited eight volumes dealing with the Beat Generation, including "Kerouac and the Beats" (Paragon House, 1988). His most recent of his novel is Misfits Country" (Tres Picos Press, 2008) Other novels include: "Blue Skies Falling," (Forge, 2001) based on Sam Peckinpah; "Johnnie D.," (Forge, 2000); "The Darkness Starts Up Where You Stand" (Depth Charge Books, 1996), and; "The Secret Life of Jesse James" (BurnhillWolf Books, 1996). He has also completed a novel about Billy the Kid.
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Arthur Winfield Knight is a well-known chronicler of the Beat Generation. In addition to his correspondence with and photography of the poets and writers of the Beat Generation, Arthur co-edited The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual series of books in a total volume of eight. THE BEAT BOOK (Arthur Winfield and Glee Knight, editors) was published in 1974 as Vol. 4 of The Unspeakable Visions series. An essential beat book, with a wealth of photos and contributions by key figures of the beat movement, including Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Carolyn and Neal Cassady, Phil Whalen, Carl Solomon, Peter Orlovsky, Gregory Corso, John C. Holmes, Paul Bowles, Bob Kaufman, Micheal McClure, Jack Micheline, Larry Rivers, Gary Snyder, Dianne Di Prima, Paul Metcalf, Herbert Huncke, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and others. THE BEAT DIARY (Arthur Winfield and Kit Knight, editors) was published in 1977 as Volume 5 of The Unspeakable Visions series. It featured contributions from Kerouac, Corso, Ginsberg, and Di Prima, among others.
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Arthur has photographed many famous writers, including Henry Miller and Aldus Huxley, and has over 200 book jackets to his credit.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
A conversation with Diane di Prima (San Francisco)
San Francisco Poet Laureate Diane di Prima
In conversation with writer Alan Kaufman
Tuesday April 20, 6:00 pm
Co-sponsored by Poetry Flash
A revolutionary activist of the 1960's and an important writer of the Beat movement, Diane di Prima co-founded the New York Poets Theatre, and edited the literary newsletter, The Floating Bear. She is the author of 43 books of poetry and prose, including Pieces of a Song, TimeBomb, Towers Down, and The Ones I Used to Laugh With. A long-time resident of San Francisco, she teaches private classes and workshops. In 2006 she received the Fred Cody Award for Lifetime Achievement and community service. In 2009, she was named the Poet Laureate of San Francisco.
Alan Kaufman (Moderator) is author of the books Matches and Jew Boy and editor of several anthologies, including The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry. His writing has been anthologized in W.W. Norton's Nothing Makes You Free: Writings From Descendents of Holocaust Survivors. He has written for the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle and Salon.com. He has taught at the Academy of Art University and writing salons in San Francisco. He currently has a blog on the Huffington Post
LOCATION: Mechanics' Institute, 57 Post Street, San Francisco
TRANSPORTATION: Montgomery BART/MUNI station
Reservations & Information: 415.393.0100
Reservations by email: rsvp@milibrary.org
In conversation with writer Alan Kaufman
Tuesday April 20, 6:00 pm
Co-sponsored by Poetry Flash
A revolutionary activist of the 1960's and an important writer of the Beat movement, Diane di Prima co-founded the New York Poets Theatre, and edited the literary newsletter, The Floating Bear. She is the author of 43 books of poetry and prose, including Pieces of a Song, TimeBomb, Towers Down, and The Ones I Used to Laugh With. A long-time resident of San Francisco, she teaches private classes and workshops. In 2006 she received the Fred Cody Award for Lifetime Achievement and community service. In 2009, she was named the Poet Laureate of San Francisco.
Alan Kaufman (Moderator) is author of the books Matches and Jew Boy and editor of several anthologies, including The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry. His writing has been anthologized in W.W. Norton's Nothing Makes You Free: Writings From Descendents of Holocaust Survivors. He has written for the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle and Salon.com. He has taught at the Academy of Art University and writing salons in San Francisco. He currently has a blog on the Huffington Post
LOCATION: Mechanics' Institute, 57 Post Street, San Francisco
TRANSPORTATION: Montgomery BART/MUNI station
Reservations & Information: 415.393.0100
Reservations by email: rsvp@milibrary.org
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Judy Halebsky reads on Friday, April 2
Friday (4/2), 7:30pm: Judy Halebsky will read at The Book Collector, 1008 24th St., Sacramento. Judy trained in Performance Studies at UC Davis and is a member of Sacramento Poetry Center's Tuesday night workshop. Since 2007 she has been in Tokyo studying Japanese literature on a MEXT fellowship. Her book, Sky=Empty, was chosen by Marvin Bell as the winner of the 2009 New Issues Poetry Prize.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
The New Math of Poetry - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
The New Math of Poetry - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
David Alpaugh writes about how the publication of poetry is "likely to double, quadruple, 'ten-tuple' in the decades ahead."
David Alpaugh writes about how the publication of poetry is "likely to double, quadruple, 'ten-tuple' in the decades ahead."