Dear Friends of Poetry,
The Poetry Night Reading Series is excited to feature poets Lisa Rosenberg and Amy Glynn at 7 PM on Thursday, October 5th, 2023, on the first floor of the John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street in Davis. Expect an exquisite pairing of talented poets!
Lisa Rosenberg served as the 2017-2018 Poet Laureate of San Mateo County, California, and is the author of A Different Physics, winner of the 2017 Red Mountain Poetry Prize. Her publication history spans literature and technology, including journals, anthologies, trade features, and research. She is a MOSAIC America Fellow, and has been awarded a Djerassi Foundation Leonardo Residency.
Trained as a scientist and poet, Rosenberg has a keen interest in the commonality between arts and sciences, and in accessibly framing that territory for exploration in many contexts and settings. She holds degrees in physics and creative writing. A former Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford University, she worked for many years as an engineer in the space program, founded a marketing consulting practice, and was active in aviation as a private pilot. Lisa brings diverse tools of thought and craft to collaborative ventures and conversations, including speaker series, conference panels, workshops, and consulting engagements.
Amy Glynn is an award-winning poet and essayist whose work appears widely in journals and anthologies including The Best American Poetry. Her first poetry collection, A Modern Herbal, was published in 2013 by Measure Press; her second, Romance Language, is forthcoming in early 2020. She has received the Carolyn Kizer Award from Poetry Northwest, the SPUR Award of the Association of Western Writers, two James Merrill House fellowships, and scholarships from the Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers’ Conferences. She is the inaugural Poet Laureate for the cities of Lafayette and Orinda, CA.
This event will take place on the first floor of the John Natsoulas Gallery (521 1st Street) at 7 PM on Thursday, October 5th, 2023. An open mic will follow the featured performers. Open mic performances will be limited to three minutes or two items, whichever is shorter. As Robert Southey says, “Be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams – the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.” The open mic list typically fills by 6:50 PM, so please arrive early if you would like to perform something during the 8 o’clock hour. Attendees who request to be added to the list after 7 PM will be invited to try again at a subsequent event.
Find the Facebook event for this delightful evening of poetry at https://www.facebook.com/events/1379759265906242
From Steve Martin to Jimmy Kimmel to Dr. Andy’s mom, September Covid test positivity is up in California. Attendees are encouraged to mask up when inside the John Natsoulas Gallery.
The Poetry Night Reading Series, taking place on first and third Thursdays of the month at 7 PM, is generously supported by the people and poets of the Sacramento Valley, by John Natsoulas, and by Thea and the other members of the staff at the John Natsoulas Gallery. Your host will be Dr. Andy Jones, the poet laureate emeritus of the City of Davis. This event is supported by Katerina Hanks, producer of The Poetry Night Reading Series.
Find out more about the Poetry Night Reading Series in Davis, California by visiting https://www.poetryindavis.com. Invite your friends to sign up for the mailing list. To learn more about Dr. Andy’s tiny media fiefdom, check out his weekly podcast at https://poetrytechnology.buzzsprout.com/. Find his other musings at https://andyjones.substack.com/.
Upcoming Poetry Night Events:
October 19: DR Wagner and Dave Boles
November 2: California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick
November 16: William Mohr
December 7: Elana K. Arnold and Mischa Kuczynski
Future readers will include Joe Wenderoth, Kim Stanley Robinson, Alan Williamson, Jeanne Foster, Julia Connor, Clarence Major, Bob Stanley, Mario Hill, The Rumi Caravan, and other favorites.
The Poetry Night Reading Series has been committed to serving the literary and arts community in the city of Davis since 2011. Happening every 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at the Natsoulas Gallery, each reading contains two featured poets followed by an open mic. Poetry in Davis was voted “Best Open Mic” in The California Aggie’s “Best of Davis″ edition and has been featured in Davis Life Magazine. Readers have included UC Davis faculty Francisco X. Alarcón, John Boe, Zinzi Clemmons, Joshua Clover, Jack Forbes, Sandra Gilbert, Brad Henderson, Pamela Houston, Clarence Major, Sandra McPherson, Katie Peterson, Margaret Ronda, Joe Wenderoth, and Alan Williamson, as well as many regional and traveling poets, including Molly Peacock, Jane Hirshfield, Dana Gioia, and James Ragan.
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