The Poetry Night Reading Series is proud to welcome Davis poet Jill Stengel on Thursday, August 19th at 8 P.M. She will be performing at the John Natsoulas Gallery at 521 1st Street.
Poet Jill Stengel celebrates the chapbook form as publisher of the prolific micropress a+bend press, with 41 chapbook titles and more in the works. Her engagement with the chapbook form is also apparent in her own poetry: she has seven published chapbooks, with two more due out this year. Several of her chapbooks, including lagniappe, late may, and may(be) can be viewed online at www.dusie.org. Her first full-length collection is due out in early 2011 from Black Radish Books. Stengel’s poetic community activities have included teaching poetry and book arts at various levels; participating in publishing collectives and writing collectives; participating in poetry community list-servs, including the Poet-Moms listserv; publishing mem, a journal of writing by poets who are mothering young children; and curating a poetry reading series, Second Sundays at BlueBar, in San Francisco’s historically poetically rich North Beach district. This is her first reading in Davis.
Attendees are encouraged to arrive early at the John Natsoulas Gallery to secure a table, and to sign up for a spot on the Open Mic list. The Poetry Night Reading Series, organized by Andy Jones and hosted this week 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: Jill Stengel
What: The Poetry Night Reading Series
When: Thursday, August 19th, 8pm
Where: John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street
Media Contact:
Andy Jones
aojones [at] ucdavis [dot] edu
The John Natsoulas Gallery – 756-3938
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