A Wicked Presence
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Event Description
A Wicked Presence, as seen by three amazing, cool, tough poets — John Oliver Simon, James Cagney, Rafael Jesús González — Beast Crawl prowls the streets of Oakland for an evening of fun and mystery.
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Curator: Leila Rae
Publisher at Pandemonium Press and editor of riverbabble and of Doorknobs & BodyPaint, online literary journals, Leila Rae's work has been published in Good News!, Occum’s Razor, Fresh Ink II and Fresh Ink III, Wails and Whispers, and Forced Blooms.
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Event Readers
Rafael Jesús González
Rafael Jesús González, noted poet, activist, and scholar, was born in the bicultural, bilingual setting of El Paso Texas/Juárez, Chihuahua. He is professor emeritus at Laney College, where he founded the Mexican and Latin American Studies Department.
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James Cagney
James Cagney is a poet and writer from Oakland, Ca. A Cave Canem fellow, Cagney has appeared as a featured poet at venues throughout the San Francisco-Bay Area, Sacramento, Vancouver and Mumbai.
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John Oliver Simon |
John Oliver Simon is a poet, translator and teacher. He is President of California Poets in the Schools and was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Berkeley Poetry Festival in 2016.
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