Inside & Now: Poetry Flash & Milvia Street
Leg One | 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Mohari
Event Description
Two longtime East Bay literary institutions join forces to present six sizzling poets. Milvia Street, Berkeley City College’s literary journal has been cultivating new writers for 25 years. Poetry Flash publishes a legendary review/calendar, promoting literary events for 45 years; staff, contributors, and an editor read, all terrific poets.
Co-Curators: Sharon Coleman & Joyce Jenkins
Sharon Coleman teaches poetry at Berkeley City College, coordinates the Milvia Street art and literary journal, co-curates the reading series Lyrics & Dirges and co-directs the Berkeley Poetry Festival.
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Joyce Jenkins is Editor of Poetry Flash, presenters of the annual Northern California Book Awards and Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival. She received a PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Literary Award Lifetime Achievement.
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Milvia Street Readers |
Poetry Flash Readers |
Katie Gallagher
Katie Gallagher grew up in San Diego and lives in Oakland. Most days she is working in stuffy rooms with naked babies and worried parents. She likes dirt, animals, and people.
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Nadine Lockhart
Nadine Lockhart is earning her PhD at ASU. She received a fellowship for her dissertation, Phoenix Rising: Poetry as Public Art, and divides her time between Poetry Flash, Berkeley, and Arizona.
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Xochitl Frausto
Xochitl Frausto grew up in South Central Los Angeles, raised by two Mexican immigrants. She is a queer Xicana warrior living in Oakland and attending SFSU as a creative writing major.
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Lee Rossi
Lee Rossi’s books include Wheelchair Samurai and Ghost Diary. Ruth Schwartz says, “These poems are scintillant with wit, shot through with sudden revelations.” His reviews and interviews appear in Poetry Flash.
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Sherry Wilson
Sherry Wilson studied Creative Writing at SFSU. She teaches Oakland teens to cook modern dishes inspired by pre-contact Native American foods. She dreams of bringing her specialties to the Navajo reservation.
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Richard Silberg
Richard Silberg is Associate Editor of Poetry Flash. His books include The Horses: New and Selected Poems and Deconstruction of the Blues; he won a PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Literary Award.
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