East Bay Review: This is the Epicenter 2
Leg One | 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | The Golden Bull

Event Description

The East Bay Review presents This is the Epicenter 2 with a reading featuring six amazing East Bay writers, hosted by EBR Managing Editor, Krista Varela. EBR editor Michael Sakoda will read work alongside EBR contributors Rebecca Chekhouras, Marlene Zadig, Zephir O’Meara, Abe Becker, and Christina Gardner. This is the epicenter. Be about it.

Curator: The East Bay Review

The East Bay Review is a quarterly journal that showcases real art by real artists from the East Bay and beyond. Come find us at theeastbayreview.com

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Event Readers

Michael Sakoda

Michael Sakoda is the Submissions Editor of The East Bay Review. He is a UC Berkeley and St. Mary’s College graduate. His work has appeared in the Sonora Review, Oakland Review, and elsewhere. You can find him on Twitter: @michaelsakoda 

Rebecca Chekouras

Rebecca Chekouras is a fiction writer and essayist. Her work has appeared in numerous local, national, and international publications. She lives on Oakland’s waterfront where boom cranes line the port.

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Abe Becker

Abe Becker's poems have recently appeared in After Happy Hour Review, Drunk In A Midnight Choir, Melancholy Hyperbole, and more. He is a performer, coach, caretaker, cat lover, and dog acquaintance.

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Zephir O’Meara

Zephir O’Meara’s writing has appeared in the Oakland Review, Be About It, sPARKLE & bLINK, Naked Bulb Anthology, and other secret places. He has three cats, two kids, and a dog.

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Marléne Zadig

Marléne Zadig lives and writes in Berkeley. She's a runner-up for the 2017 Literary Awards at The Pinch and the 2016 StoryQuarterly Fiction Prize and is writing a novel about wildfire.  

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Christina Gardner

Christina Gardner is a fiction writer, living in San Francisco, focusing on the complexities of working in corporate America. She’s featured in Xojane.com, Minetta Review, and The East Bay Review.

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