The Poetry Night Reading Series is proud to welcome Sacramento poet Danny Romero on Wednesday, September 1st at 8 P.M. He will be performing at Bistro 33 at 226 F Street.
Danny Romero was born and raised in Los Angeles. He has degrees from University of California, Berkeley and Temple University in Philadelphia, where he taught writing for many years. He currently teaches at Sacramento City College. Romero’s poetry and short fiction have been published in literary journals throughout the country, such as Bilingual Review, Colorado Review, Drumvoices Revue, Paterson Literary Review, Pembroke Magazine, Permafrost and Solo. His work can also be found in a number of anthologies, including West of the West: Imagining California (1989), Pieces of the Heart: New Chicano Fiction (1993), Under the Fifth Sun: Latino Literature from California (2003), Latinos in Lotusland: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern California Literature (2008) and Pow Wow: Charting the Faultlines in the American Experience – Short Fiction from Then to Now (2009). He is the author of the novel Calle 10 (1996) and two chapbooks of poetry. A poetry collection is forthcoming from Bilingual Press. He lives with his son in Sacramento, California.
Old cholos stop me on
the streets of Sacramento,
mistaking me for someone else
from a 1970s barrio.They ask me:
which way to the
Greyhound Station,
Loaves and Fishes
and do I have a dollar
for the liquor store?We talk about shooting
dope in Maravilla,
police brutality in San Jose.
California is a state of Mexico,
an anti-Mexican state.
Sacramento is the capital.I tell old cholos
where to stand
so the light rail train
can finally take them home.–Danny Romero
Attendees are encouraged to arrive early at the banquet room of Bistro 33 to secure a table, and to sign up for a spot on the Open Mic list. The Poetry Night Reading Series, organized and hosted by Andy Jones, and produced by Brad Henderson, occurs on the first Wednesday of the month at Bistro 33, and third Thursday of every month at the John Natsoulas Gallery, both at 8 P.M., with an open microphone segment at 9 P.M.
Who: Danny Romero
What: The Poetry Night Reading Series
When: Wednesday, September 1st, 8pm
Where: Bistro 33, 226 F Street (530 756-4556)
Media Contact:
Andy Jones
aojones @ ucdavis . edu
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