The Poetry Night Reading Series is proud to welcome poet and essayist Alan Botsford, visiting from Yokohama, on Thursday, September 16th at 8 P.M. He will be performing at the John Natsoulas Gallery at 521 1st Street.
Alan Botsford is the author of the dialogue, essay, and poetry collection Walt Whitman of Cosmic Folklore (Sage Hill Press, 2010) and is the co-editor of Poetry Kanto, Japan’s leading bilingual poetry journal. His two previous poetry collections are A Book of Shadows (2003) and mamaist: learning a new language (2002), about which The Japan Times wrote: “[Botsford] throws out convention to create a new art…. it’s a revitalization of old forms… he breathes new life into words by the sheer brilliance of his constructions.” Born in Connecticut and raised in the Washington, D.C. area, Alan holds degrees from Wesleyan University and Columbia University, and was a Pushcart Prize nominee for poetry in 2001. He is currently the Associate Professor of American Literature at Kanto Gakuin University in Yokohama, Japan, where he lives with his wife, illustrator Minako Saitoh, and his son.
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 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: Alan Botsford
What: The Poetry Night Reading Series
When: Thursday, September 16th, 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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