Poetry in Davis

Patrice Vecchione

To Read at the John Natsoulas Gallery

May 2^nd at 8:00 P.M.

The Poetry Night Reading Series is proud to welcome Monterey Writer and Poet Patrice Vecchione. Vecchione will be reading from her latest book of poetry, The Knot Untied, on Thursday, May 2^nd at 8:00 P.M. The reading will be held at the John Natsoulas Gallery at 521 1st Street.

In addition to The Knot Untied, Vecchione is the author of Writing and the Spiritual Life: Finding Your Voice by Looking Within, which the San Francisco Chronicle called  “refreshingly simple and thought-provoking.” Vecchione is also the editor of many anthologies, including Truth and Lies, The Body Eclectic, Revenge and Forgiveness, for and Whisper and Shout: Poems to Memorize. A Woman’s Life in Pieces, a one-woman play, was performed to full houses throughout the Monterey Bay Area.

Patrice Vecchione has taught poetry along California’s central coast for more than 25 years. Her visit to Davis on May 2^nd is one in more than a dozen stops on a California book tour supporting The Knot Untied. We hope you will help us welcome this poet and author to Davis!

Attendees are encouraged to arrive early at the John Natsoulas Gallery to secure a seat, and to sign up for a spot on the Open Mic list. The Poetry Night Reading Series, hosted and produced by Andy Jones, occurs on the first and third Thursday of every month at the John Natsoulas Gallery.

Who: Patrice Vecchione

What: The Poetry Night Reading Series

When: Thursday, May 2^nd at 8 P.M.

Where: John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street, 530-756-3938

Media Contact: Andy Jones
poetryindavis.com
aojones@ucdavis.edu

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Sacramento Poet Laureate Jeff Knorr

To Read at the John Natsoulas Gallery

April 18^th at 8PM

Jeff Knorr, The Poet Laureate of Sacramento

The Poetry Night Reading Series is proud to welcome Sacramento Poet Laureate Jeff Knorr on Thursday, April 18^th at 8 P.M. He will be performing at the John Natsoulas Gallery at 521 1st Street.

Jeff Knorr is the Poet Laureate of Sacramento. Winner of the Ray Bradbury Award in Poetry, Knorr has authored three collections of poetry: The Third Body, Standing Up to the Day, and Keeper. Also a writer of textbooks, for Prentice Hall Knorr has co-authored and co-edited Mooring Against the Tide: Writing Poetry and Fiction, A Writer’s Country, and The River Sings: An Introduction to Poetry.

Jeff Knorr’s poetry and essays have appeared widely in literary journals and anthologies, and he has been an invited judge for various awards. He was the founding co-editor and poetry editor of the Clackamas Literary Review, which won Best New Magazine in America in 1997 and in 1998. A past Chair of the English Department at Sacramento City College, Knorr has also served on the Sacramento County Office of Education Arts Executive Advisory Board. He lives in Sacramento, California.

Jeff Knorr last read for the Poetry Night Reading Series in 2008. We hope you will help us welcome him back to Davis.

Attendees are encouraged to arrive early at the John Natsoulas Gallery to secure a seat, and to sign up for a spot on the Open Mic list. The Poetry Night Reading Series, hosted and produced by Andy Jones, occurs on the first and third Thursday of every month at the John Natsoulas Gallery.

Who: Jeff Knorr
What: The Poetry Night Reading Series
When: Thursday, April 18^th at 8 P.M.
Where: John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street

Media Contact: Andy Jones

Email: aojones@ucdavis.edu
The John Natsoulas Gallery 530-756-3938
www.poetryindavis.com

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Future Events

May 2: Patrice Vecchione

May 16: Lynn Freed

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The Poetry Night Reading Series is proud to welcome Joe Wenderoth and Oliver Jones on Thursday, April 4^th at 8 P.M. They will be performing at the John Natsoulas Gallery at 521 1st Street.

 Joe Wenderoth is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of California, Davis. Wenderoth’s work is widely anthologized, appearing in collections such as The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories, Poetry 180, The Next American Essay, and The Best American Prose Poems: From Poe to Present. In 2003, the One Yellow Rabbit theater company performed an adaptation of Wenderoth’s experimental novel Letters to Wendy’s.

When asked for an updated bio for this event, Wenderoth shared the following: “Joe Wenderoth was cut out of porous rock in the rain while electricity surged. The result was incredible—what wonderful eyes! Then things slowly but surely got worse.”

And for more, a video from Wenderoth himself… Click here.

Oliver Jones is a Staff Writer at People Magazine, where he primarily covers the film industry. Now also a Visiting Professor of Journalism at Emerson College, Jones has worked as a Staff Writer for Variety and Us Weekly magazines, and as a Freelance Writer for Premiere and Details magazines. Jones received his BA in Poetry and Media Studies from Hampshire College. Like James Merrill, Sylvia Plath, and Gjertrud Schnackenberg, Oliver Jones is a past winner of the Glasscock Poetry Prize, the oldest intercollegiate poetry prize in the United States.

Wenderoth and Jones will both be reading essays. Some of the topics and language explored may be objectionable to some listeners. If time, there will be a Q&A after the main event. The Open Mic will begin at 9.

Attendees are encouraged to arrive early at the John Natsoulas Gallery to secure a seat, and to sign up for a spot on the Open Mic list. The Poetry Night Reading Series, hosted by Andy Jones and produced by Rachel Riley, occurs on the first and third Thursday of every month at the John Natsoulas Gallery.

Who: Joe Wenderoth and Oliver Jones
What: The Poetry Night Reading Series
When: Thursday, April 4^th at 8 P.M.
Where: John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street

Media Contact: Rachel Riley

Email: rgriley@ucdavis.edu
The John Natsoulas Gallery 530-756-3938
www.poetryindavis.com

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Future Events

April 18:  Jeff Knorr

May 2: Patrice Vecchione

May 16: Lynn Freed

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