Dear Friends of Poetry,
The Poetry Night Reading Series is excited for an evening of poetry featuring Dave Boles and the poets of VOICES Journal at 7 PM on Thursday, August 1st, 2024, on the third floor of the John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street in Davis.
The 2024 issue of VOICES from Cold River Press remembers D.R. Wagner, with poetry from 76 regional, national, and international poets, and unpublished work from Wagner himself. Poetry Night is honored to invite sixteen of these voices – Chris Olander, Ann Privateer, Mike Pickering, Tom Goff, Jennifer Pickering, Allegra Silberstein, Jeanine Stevens, Todd Boyd, Loch Henson, Paul Aponte, Sandra Tanhauser, Karen DeFoe, Vicki Carroll, Dwight Jackson, Tim Kahl, and Sharon Mahany – to share the stage for a live poetry reading.
Dave Boles has worked as an itinerant publisher, writer, and designer since 1981. His most recent publication, Visions of a Merciful Land, was published by his own Cold River Press, and other published works include Offerings (2011), and Homage of a Word (2011) Confessions of a Black Ink Junkie (2013), Alive in America (2020), Coyote Magic (2021), Coyote Visions (2022), and 15 Days to Slow the Curve (2021). Boles is the founder of such magazines as Primal Urge: A Journal For Diverse Humans, The Sacramento Free Press, Cruisin’ Magazine, Foothill Focus, and many more. His publications, editorials, writing and artwork have won numerous awards throughout his 30+ year publishing career, and he has published such noted writers as D.R. Wagner, A.D. Winans, and Ben Hiatt.
This event will take place on the third floor of the John Natsoulas Gallery (521 1st Street in Davis) at 7 PM on Thursday, August 1st, 2024. An open mic will follow the featured performers. Open mic performances will be limited to four 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 much anticipated evening of poetry at https://www.facebook.com/events/368396906362708/
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 made possible by Katerina Hanks, producer of The Poetry Night Reading Series.
As an added bonus, the Italian poet Laura Bertolini is visiting Davis this season and will be performing two new works at Poetry Night!
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/.
Upcoming Events:
August 1st: Participating Poets help to launch the new edition of Voices from Cold River Press
August 15th: Mercedes Ibanez and Jean Biegun
September 5th: Joshua McKinney and Susan Kelly-DeWitt
September 19th: Tana Jean Welch
October 3rd: Kacper Bartczak
October 17th: Tim Hunt
November 7: Julia Levine and Murray Silverstein
Please Google any of these poets to discover their many poetic accomplishments. Additional future readers will include Julia Connor, Katie Peterson, Clarence Major, and other favorites.
The Poetry Night Reading Series has been committed to serving the literary and arts community in the city of Davis since 2006. 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. The more than 375 featured poets have included UC Davis faculty Francisco X. Alarcón, John Boe, Zinzi Clemmons, Joshua Clover, Jack Forbes, Sandra Gilbert, Laurie Glover, Brad Henderson, Pamela Houston, Andy Jones, Clarence Major, Sandra McPherson, Maceo Montoya, Katie Peterson, Kim Stanley Robinson, 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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