Beginning its fifth year in the city of Davis, the Poetry Night Reading Series is proud to welcome a UC Davis poetry favorite, Alan Williamson, on Thursday, February 2nd at 8 P.M. He will be performing at the John Natsoulas Gallery at 521 1st Street in Davis.

One of the most important poet-critics of his generation, Alan Williamson has received a National Endowment of the Arts fellowship and a Guggenheim fellowship. Williamson has taught for the UC Davis English Department since 1983, having previously taught at the University of Virginia, Harvard University, and Brandeis University.

Alan Williamson studied poetry with Robert Lowell at Harvard University, earning a Ph.D. in 1969. While Williamson published numerous works, including both literary criticism and his own poetry, Williamson’s Pity the Monsters: The Political Vision of Robert Lowell (1974) helped distinguish him as an esteemed poet-critic. Some of his other poetry collections include, “Love and the Soul” (The University of Chicago Press, 1995) and “The Muse of Distance” (Knopf, 1988). The University of Chicago Press stated that Williamson was “the unequalled detective of the mythic reverberations behind the psyche’s complex inner weather.”

The new millennium brought new works by Williamson. The Pattern More Complicated: New and Selected Poems (2004) inspired this praise from the University of Chicago Press: “Williamson’s verse is a refreshing example of how delicately the personal can intersect with the public in a love for the considered life . . . and the recurrence of themes across the span of four previous collections [presents] a survey of a major American poet in a single volume.” Professor Williamson directed Dr. Andy’s dissertation, and continues to be a favorite poet and professor of many students and faculty at UC Davis and beyond.

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 open mic list is usually full by the time the featured poet is introduced at 8pm. The Poetry Night Reading Series, organized and hosted by Andy Jones, occurs on the first and third Thursday of every month at the John Natsoulas Gallery.

Who: Alan Williamson

What: The Poetry Night Reading Series

When: Thursday, February 2^nd, 8 pm

Where: John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street

Media Contact: Andy Jones

poetryindavis@gmail.com

The John Natsoulas Gallery 530-756-3938

www.poetryindavis.com

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Beginning its fifth year in the city of Davis, the Poetry Night Reading Series is proud to welcome Rae Gouirand on Thursday, January 19^th at 8 P.M. She will be performing at the John Natsoulas Gallery at 521 1^st Street.

Rae Gouirand’s poems and essays have appeared in American Poetry Review, Boston Review, Columbia, The Kenyon Review: KROnline, Seneca Review, jubilat, Spinning Jenny, Bateau, Michigan Quarterly Review, Memoir (and), and two recent volumes of the Best New Poets series, & were selected for Verse Daily‘s Best of 2010 list. Her first collection of poems, Open Winter, was a finalist for the National Poetry Series, the Four Way Books Levis Prize, the Fordham University Press Poets Out Loud Prize, Utah State University’s May Swenson Award, Ohio State University Press’ The Journal Award, CSU-Fresno’s Philip Levine Poetry Prize, the Crab Orchard Poetry Series, Persea Books’ Lexi Rudnitski Prize, the Barrow Street Press Book Prize, the Dream Horse Press Book Prize, and other awards before being selected this past July by Elaine Equi for the 2011 Bellday Prize for Poetry.

An alumna of the MFA program in creative writing at the University of Michigan, Rae is the winner of the Meijer Fellowship, the Hopwood Award, and fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center and the Santa Fe Art Institute; a two-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize; and the recipient of a 2009 award from the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Foundation for outstanding work by emerging poets. She lives in Davis, California, teaches private workshops in poetry and creative nonfiction, and works the double shift as Education Programs Manager for Memoir Journal and Writer-in-Residence for the nation’s only conservancy-sponsored public arts program at Cache Creek Nature Preserve.

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, organized and hosted by Andy Jones, occurs on the first and third Thursday of every month at the John Natsoulas Gallery.

Who: Rae Gouirand
What: The Poetry Night Reading Series
When: Thursday, January 19^th, 8 pm
Where: John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street

Media Contact: Andy Jones
poetryindavis@gmail.com
The John Natsoulas Gallery 530-756-3938
www.poetryindavis.com

The facebook event can be accessed here: http://www.facebook.com/events/224734354260430/

You are also invited to join the Poetry in Davis Facebook group mailing list:

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Beginning its fifth year in the city of Davis, the Poetry Night Reading Series is proud to welcome Melanie Madden and Arielle Robbins on Thursday, January 5th at 8 P.M. They will be performing at the John Natsoulas Gallery at 521 1^st Street.

Melanie Madden earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in English at UC Davis, studying 20th Century American Literature. Winner of Gonzaga University’s Costello Poetry Award, Melanie has placed poems in Gonzaga’s literary annual, Reflection, and a short story, “Limited Visibility,” in the former UC Davis literary magazine, Seele, among other literary accomplishments. In 2011, Melanie finished a memoir, her first book-length project. This fall Melanie will begin work in an MFA program in creative nonfiction.

Raised in Florida and Turkey. Arielle Robbins received the Diana Lynn Bogart Prize for Fiction and a Tomales Bay Undergraduate Fellowship in 2010. Her poetry has been featured in Poetically Correct, a poetry anthology of young writers, and her poem, “Edits to My Mother’s Life” was a finalist in the 2010 Ina Coolbrith Poetry Contest. Currently, she is finishing her undergraduate studies in English with an emphasis in creative writing at UC 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, organized and hosted by Andy Jones, occurs on the first and third Thursday of every month at the John Natsoulas Gallery.

Who: Melanie Madden and Arielle Robbins
What: The Poetry Night Reading Series
When: Thursday, January 5^th, 8 pm
Where: John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street

Media Contact: Andy Jones
poetryindavis@gmail.com
The John Natsoulas Gallery 530-756-3938
www.poetryindavis.com

You can access the facebook event here:  http://www.facebook.com/events/297383023633032/

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The Poetry Night Reading Series is proud to welcome Joan Gelfand with Jenny Holland on Thursday, December 15th at 8 P.M. They will be performing at the John Natsoulas Gallery at 521 1st Street.

Joan Gelfand is an award-winning writer from San Francisco who has authored two books of poetry: A Dreamer’s Guide to Cities and Streams (San Francisco Bay Press, 2009) and Seeking Center (Two Bridges Press, 2006). Her poetry, fiction, reviews and essays have appeared in national and international magazines, anthologies and literary journals. Recipient of the 2010 Cervena Barva Award, Gelfand teaches in the California Poets in the Schools and Poetry Out Loud programs and frequently speaks at writing workshops and conferences, including every year with Dr. Andy Jones for many years at the San Francisco Writers Conference.

Joan blogs regularly for the Huffington Post. For more information, visit her website: http://www.joangelfand.com.

Jenny Holland has been a musician since the age of six, playing a variety of instruments, including piano, guitar, flute, and percussion. She has travelled internationally, both as a student and as a professional musician. Her musical style is eclectic and spans across many different genres, including folk, various kinds of jazz, and rock. Currently, she is the music director of the Berkeley theater group Ragged Wing Ensemble, a private music teacher, and a member of the band Gods+Others.

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, organized and hosted by Andy Jones,occurs on the first and third Thursday of every month at the John Natsoulas Gallery.
Who: Joan Gelfand and Jenny Holland
What: The Poetry Night Reading Series
When: Thursday, December 15th, 8 pm
Where: John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street

The Poetry Night Reading Series would like to thank Poets & Writers for the sponsorship of this event, made possible by a grant from the James Irvine Foundation.

Media Contact: Andy Jones
poetryindavis@gmail.com
The John Natsoulas Gallery 530-756-3938
www.poetryindavis.com

The facebook event can also be accessed here: http://www.facebook.com/events/287752117928879/

You are also invited to join the Poetry in Davis Facebook group mailing list:

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The Poetry Night Reading Series is proud to welcome Leonore Wilson and Susan Kolodny on Thursday, December 1st at 8 P.M. They will be performing at the John Natsoulas Gallery at 521 1st Street.

Leonore Wilson received her B.A. and M.A. in English and Creative Writing at UC Davis, and has taught at various colleges in the Bay Area for over twenty years.  She has been the recipient of various grants and fellowships through Villa Montalvo Center for the Arts and the University of Utah. Her work has been featured in magazines as California Quarterly, Quarterly West, Madison Review, Trivia: Voices of Feminism, Nimble Spirit, and Third Coast. Her most recent book, Winter Solstice, was released this year. She resides in Napa with her family.

Susan Kolodny is a psychoanalyst who specializes in work with artists and writers. Her poetry has appeared in several magazines and anthologies, including the New England Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Marlboro Review,  and  River Styx. Her first poetry collection, After the Firestorm, has just been published by Mayapple Press.

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, organized and hosted by Andy Jones,occurs on the first and third Thursday of every month at the John Natsoulas Gallery.
Who: Leonore Wilson & Susan Kolodny
What: The Poetry Night Reading Series
When: Thursday, December 1st, 8 pm
Where: John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street

Media Contact: Andy Jones
poetryindavis@gmail.com
The John Natsoulas Gallery 530-756-3938
www.poetryindavis.com

You are also invited to join the Poetry in Davis Facebook group mailing list:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2290130152&ref=ts

Dr. Andy Jones is a poet, MC, faculty member at UC Davis, radio talk show host, academic technology center academic director, and public speaker. Andy has taught writing and literature classes at the University of California, Davis since 1990, and since 2000 has hosted “Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour” on KDVS, Wednesday afternoons at 5:00 P.M. Among the 1,000 guests he has interviewed on the radio show have been Sherman Alexie, Margaret Atwood, Ian MacKaye, and Gary Snyder. Andy also coordinates and hosts the Poetry Night Reading Series in Davis, California (first and third Thursdays at the John Natsoulas Gallery).

His poems have appeared in many small journals and newspapers, including Poetry Digest, Epicenter, A Light Left On, The Homestead Review, Snakeskin, The Blue Moon Literary and Art Review, and The Sacramento News and Review. Andy is working on a variety of book projects, including a book on creativity and professional development, and a book on parenting (co-authored by his wife, Kate). His next poetry book, newly in search of a publisher, is titled Cages. Andy’s last book of poetry, Split Stock, was published in 2006. He has performed poetry throughout Northern California, and in Nara, Japan.

Monday’s reading will feature outrageous personae poems, a few Jukie poems, and a light roasting (a toasting, really) of Sacramento Poetry Center and Sacramento Poet Laureate Bob Stanley, who will be present. I have given more solo readings in Japan than in California in recent years, so I hope you will consider joining me in Sacramento Monday to hear some of my new work, and some (of my) old favorites. An open mic follows.

Andy Jones Reads Original Poetry

Monday, November 14^th

7:30 PM

The Sacramento Poetry Center

1719 25^th Street (at 25^th and R Streets)

Sacramento, CA

The Facebook event can be accessed here:

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The Poetry Night Reading Series is proud to welcome back poet Indigo Moor. He will be performing on Thursday, November 17^th at 8PM at the John Natsoulas Gallery at 521 1^st Street in Davis.

Indigo Moor is an award-winning poet and the author two acclaimed books of poetry. His work has appeared in a number of anthologies and journals including the Xavier Review, LA Review, Poetry Now, and Suisun Valley Review.

His first book, Tap Root, was published in 2006 by Main Street Rag’s Editor’s Select Poetry Series. His most recent book of poetry, Through the Stonecutter’s Window, was the 2009 winner of the nationally recognized Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize and writing fellowship. He is also the recipient of numerous accolades including the 2005 Vesle Fenstermaker Poetry Prize for Emerging Writers and the 2008 Jack Kerouac Poetry Prize. He has been a finalist for numerous awards, such as the T.S. Eliot Prize, and in 2009 he was nominated for the Pushcart Prize.

Moor is a member of the Artist’s Residency Institute for teaching artists and leads workshops across the country. He is currently enrolled in the Stonecoast MFA program at the University of Southern Maine.

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, organized and hosted by Dr. Andy Jones, occurs on the first and third Thursday of every month at the John Natsoulas Gallery. Other Poetry Night performers this fall and winter will include Leonore Wilson and Joan Gelfand.
Who: Indigo Moor
What: The Poetry Night Reading Series
When: Thursday, November 17^th 8PM
Where: The John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1^st Street

Media Contact: Andy Jones

poetryindavis@gmail.com

The John Natsoulas Gallery: 530-756-3938

www.poetryindavis.com

The facebook event can be accessed here:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=227175037347701

The Poetry Night Reading Series is proud to welcome poet and UC Davis professor Joshua Clover. He will be performing on Thursday, November 3^rd at the John Natsoulas Gallery at 521 1^st Street at 8PM.

Joshua Clover is an award-winning poet, film and music critic, and theorist who has published multiple books. Clover received his B.A. from Boston University and is a graduate of the prestigious Iowa Writer’s Workshop. He has been a member of the UC Davis English Faculty since 2003.

His first book of poetry, Madonna Anno Domini (Louisiana State University Press, 1997) was honored with the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets. His second book of poetry, The Totality for Kids (University of California Press) was published in 2006. He served as the distinguished Holloway poet-in-residence at the University of California, Berkeley and is a two-time recipient of the Pushcart Prize for his poetry. His poems have also appeared in three volumes of Best American Poetry.

His works on criticism include a book on film, The Matrix (British Film Institute, 2005) and 1989: Bob Dylan Didn’t Have This to Sing About (University of California Press, 2009), which has been described as “a tour de force of lyrical theory.” He has written for The New York Times, is a regular contributor to Village Voice, and is a former senior writer for Spin magazine.

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, organized and hosted by Dr. Andy Jones, occurs on the first and third Thursday of every month at the John Natsoulas Gallery. Other Poetry Night performers this fall and winter will include Leonore Wilson and Joan Gelfand.

Free refreshments will be made available to attendees of this event on a first-come, first-served basis. The staff of the Poetry Night Reading Series is grateful to Joshua Clover for the additional support that will make the refreshments possible.

Who: Joshua Clover
What: The Poetry Night Reading Series
When: Thursday, November 3^rd, 8PM
Where: The John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1^st Street

Media Contact: Andy Jones

poetryindavis@gmail.com

The John Natsoulas Gallery: 530-756-3938

www.poetryindavis.com

The facebook event can also be accessed here: 

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=174540122635142