Poetry Night via ZOOM! Join us at 8 PM on Thursday, April 30th
Dear Friends of Poetry,
On April 30th at 8 PM we will offer a poetry reading via ZOOM. To participate, visit https://ucdavisdss.zoom.us/my/andyojones at 8 PM, or a few minutes before if you wish to chat with the other attendees.
The reading tonight will be short (about 30 minutes), will feature three poets from three different parts of America, and will not offer an open mic. We recommend you keep your mic on mute. There is no cost to attend, though you are encouraged to support your local independent bookstore by buying books of poetry, and to support the Yolo Food Bank with a donation. Your help is desperately needed.
The three featured poets tonight are Randy Prunty, DeMisty D. Bellinger, and Erin Rodoni.
Randy Prunty
Randy Prunty lives in Oakland, California where he works as a bus driver. In 2019, the micro-press Ethel published his chapbook Red Wax. Previous chapbooks include Pretend I’m Me (Moria,) Van Gogh Talks and Delusiveness (Thirdness,) and Fish Log (Lavender Ink). Recent work has appeared in talking about strawberries all of the time, Caliban, New American Writing, where is the river, Marsh Hawk Review, and the tiny. He’s married to the poet Elizabeth Robinson.
DeMisty D. Bellinger
DeMisty Bellinger’s most recent book is Rubbing Elbows. Besides writing, DeMisty D. Bellinger is a poetry editor at Malarkey Books, an alumni reader at Prairie Schooner, and a professor at Fitchburg State University. She has a BA in English from University of Wisconsin-Platteville, an MFA from Southampton College, and a PhD from the University of Nebraska. She is an alum of Bread Loaf and Marge Piercy’s Intensive Writing Workshop. Also, she attended the Vermont Studio Center on a fellowship. DeMisty lives in Massachusetts with her husband and twin daughters.
Erin Rodoni
Erin Rodoni is the author of two poetry collections: Body, in Good Light and A Landscape for Loss. Her poems have recently been published in Blackbird, Poetry Northwest, The Adroit Journal, The Rumpus, and Fairy Tale Review. Her honors include the Montreal International Poetry Prize, a Ninth Letter Literary Award, and inclusion in Best New Poets. She teaches at the Writing Salon in San Francisco, and lives with her husband and two young daughters in San Rafael.
The Poetry Night Reading Series, usually taking place on the first and third Thursdays of the month, is generously supported by the John Natsoulas Gallery and by the people and poets of the Sacramento Valley. Your host will be Dr. Andy Jones, the poet laureate emeritus of the City of Davis.
You should join us at 8 tonight. It’ll be easy!
Dr. Andy
P.S. Our Zoom reading on May 7th will feature Connie Post and David Alpaugh!
P.P.S. Find the Facebook event page for tonight’s reading at https://www.facebook.com/events/2787296961491434/
