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Monthly
Poetry First!
Co-sponsored by the Creative Writing Department
at San José State University
1st Tuesday of Each Month
7:30 PM
South First Billiards (New Venue!)
www.sofapool.com
420 South First St., San Jose
Admission: FREE
Remember:
You must be 21 or over (you can be way over) to join the festivities
which begin at 7:30PM, with an open mic to follow.
Poetry Readings at:
Willow Glen Books
Second Thursday of Every Month
7:00 PM
1330 Lincoln Ave.
San Jose, CA 95125
(408) 298 8141
(408) 266 1361
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AUGUST
Amber Coverdale Sumrall
reading from her new collection of poems "Refuge"
Date: Thursday, August 14 2008
Venue: Willow Glen Books (see left pane for address)
Time: 7 pm
Amber Coverdale Sumrall was born in California and has lived in Santa Cruz County since 1972. She has edited or co-edited thirteen anthologies including, Storming Heaven's Gate: Spiritual Writings by Women, Catholic Girls and Women of the 14th Moon: Writings on Menopause. She leads Write to the Heart workshops: journal, poetry, and editing, and writing retreats at The Hermitage in Big Sur, St. Francis Retreat in San Juan Bautista, Mission San Antonio in Jolon and in Ireland. For twenty years she has co-produced In Celebration of the Muse, an annual literary event featuring Santa Cruz women writers. Her first book of poems, Litany of Wings, was published in 1998. In May she read in Galway City and in Dublin, Ireland and has been featured on Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac.
Praise for Amber Coverdale Sumrall's first collection, Litany of Wings:
These are beautiful poems. - Grace Paley
Amber Coverdale Sumrall's poems are deeply felt and will touch many with their evocation of love and possibility and wings. - Lucille Clifton
Open Mic to Follow
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