Dear Friends of Poetry,
Please join us for Poetry Night on September 3 with two of our most accomplished performers: Don Paul (from New Orleans) and Francisco Alarcón. The two will be performing at the John Natsoulas Gallery on September 3, 2015.
Don Paul is a New Orleans-based poet, recording artist, and activist, and the author of more than 20 books, including four novels and four books of poetry. In 1971, at age 20, Don Paul was the youngest winner of a Stegner Fellowship in Creative Writing at Stanford University (other winners include Ken Kesey and Larry McMurtry). Also an accomplished athlete, Paul holds the former world record for running 50 kilometers. Cofounder of Housing Is a Human Right in San Francisco’s BayView district, Don Paul moved to New Orleans from San Francisco in January 2006 to work with Common Ground and Rebuild Green.
Francisco X. Alarcón, award-winning Chicano poet and educator, was born in Los Angeles, grew up in Guadalajara, Mexico, and now lives in Davis, where he teaches at UC Davis. He is the author of thirteen volumes of poetry, including Canto hondo / Deep Song (University of Arizona Press 2015), Borderless Butterflies / Mariposas sin fronteras (Poetic Matrix Press 2014), Ce • Uno • One: Poems for the New Sun (Swan Scythe Press, 2010), From the Other Side of Night / Del otro lado de la noche: New and Selected Poems (University of Arizona Press, 2002), Sonnets to Madness and Other Misfortunes (Creative Arts Book Company, 2001), and Snake Poems: An Aztec Invocation (Chronicle Books, 1992). He is also the author of six acclaimed books of bilingual poems for children on the seasons of the year originally published by Children’s Book Press, now an imprint of Lee & Low Books. He is the founder the Writers of the New Sun community in Sacramento and also the creator of the Facebook page “Poets Responding to SB 1070.”
Please join us September 3rd at 8 PM at the Natsoulas Gallery in Davis.
The Poetry Night Reading Series takes place at the John Natsoulas Gallery on the first and third Thursday of every month. The featured poets begin at 8, the open mic starts at 9, and the after-party begins at 10. Poetry Night at the John Natsoulas Gallery is an entirely volunteer-run affair. We hope to see you there!
Who: Don Paul and Francisco Alarcón
What: The Poetry Night Reading Series
When: Thursday, September 3rd, 8pm
Where: John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street
Media Contact: Andy Jones – aojones@gmail.com
The John Natsoulas Gallery – (530) 756-3938
www.poetryindavis.com
