WHEN A WRITER GOES SHOPPING :: COULD ALSO BE SAID FOR A POET
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JAMES OTTO SEIBOLDJAMES OTTO SEIBOLD WAS A TREASURE BEFORE HE WAS A FRIEND. I WOULD READ HIS BOOKS AND L A U G H... ALL THE GOOD TIMES, ALL THE GOOD FEELINGS COME FROM HIS DISTINCT, CLEAR AND LEARNED MAN. AUTHOR OF “OLIVE THE OTHER REINDEER, ARTIST AND FRIEND.
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RYAN CHRISTOPHER PARKSIM NOT SURE WHAT TO MAKE OF RYAN - SAID THE SLOW FORMING BABOON. EXCEPT WHAT? RYAN WILL HAVE YOU CIPHERING. SOMETIMES SATIRE. IN HIS SPARE TIME RYAN DOUBLES FOR FRONTMAN IN THE BAND, B. HAMILTON. FOLLOW THE PSEUDONYM RON KRISTOPHONE...EACH AND EVERY LITTLE SURPRISE.
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KAREN FINLAYKAREN FINLAY (NOT TO BE MISTAKEN WITH THE “OTHER” KAREN FINLEY) HAS HER MFA IN CREATIVE WRITING FROM MILLS COLLEGE, AND WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE ARDELLA MILLS SCHOLARSHIP AND THE MARION BOESS HAWORTH AWARD. HER WORK CAN BE SEEN ON HER WEBSITE, KARENFINLAY.COM MUNI DAIRIES AND FACEBOOK STATUS UPDATES. SHE HAS BEEN HONORED TO READ HER WORK AT LITQUAKE, TILDE, THE ART BEAT FOUNDATION, CARRIED AWAY PRODUCTIONS, THE MIXING BOWL READING SERIES, THE REBEL READING SERIES, AND THE MISSION CREEKFESTIVAL. SHE IS WORKING ON A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL AND A COLLECTION OF PERSONAL ESSAYS ABOUT TEEN ANGST, A SUBJECT IN WHICH SHE IS VERY WELL VERSED. SHE LIKES PINA COLADAS BUT HATES GETTING CAUGHT IN THE RAIN.
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JAMES O’BRIAN MAKOWSKIJAMES O’BRIAN MAKOWSKI CAME TO OAKLAND LAST SUMMER. OR AT LEAST THAT’S WHEN I STARTED NOTICING WEIRD POEMS POSTED EVERYWHERE. LIKE ON BART OR ON A POTTED PLANT HANGING FROM SOME LIT LAMPOST. HE MADE MY LIPS CURL UPWARD. SASSY. EROTIC. SINGLE WORDS. UPSIDE DOWN WORDS. WORDS IN OBSCURE PLACES. HE READS FROM THE GUT. I AM OFTEN OUTSIDE OF MYSELF AROUND JAMES. HE KEEPS ME PURE.
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