The Poetry Night Reading Series is excited to feature two remarkable California poets: Susie Meserve and Mercedes Ibanez on Thursday, December 2nd at 7 PM 2021 at the John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1stStreet in Davis.
Susie Meserve’s debut poetry collection, Little Prayers, won a Blue Light Book Award from Blue Light Press and was published in 2018. She is also the author of a chapbook, Faith. She lives in Berkeley, California, where she is a 2021 Civic Arts Program grantee writing about ancestry and motherhood. Meserve is also one of Dr. Andy’s preferred collaborators at the San Francisco Writers Conference. Find out more about Susie at https://susiemeserve.com.
Mercedes Ibanez is a poet and retired psychologist who was born in Peru and who has lived in Davis since 1976. The author of five books of poetry, Ibanez won the National Award in Literature (Peru) in 1971. Ibanez’s translation of Ezra Pound’s “Hugh Selwyn Mauberley” was published in 1973. Her 1977 book Caterpillars/Collective was introduced by Kate Millett. The mother of two daughters, and a grandmother of four, Ibanez is a crowd-favorite at the Poetry Night Reading Series.
The Poetry Night Reading Series, taking place on the first and third Thursdays of the month at 7 PM, is generously supported by the people and poets of the Sacramento Valley, and by John Natsoulas and the staff at the John Natsoulas Gallery. Your host will be Dr. Andy Jones, the poet laureate emeritus of the City of Davis. See Dr. Andy’s new (free) weekly newsletter at https://andyjones.substack.com – Please subscribe!
This event will take place at the Natsoulas Gallery (521 1st Street) at 7 PM (note the time) on Thursday, December 2nd. There will be an open mic after the featured performers. Open mic performances will be limited to four minutes or two items, whichever is shorter. Please mask your vaccinated selves before entering the Gallery.
Please join us on Thursday, December 2nd, at 7 PM at 521 1st Street in Davis.
Dr. Andy
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