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Event DescriptionsPoetry Express Berkeley
After 15 years of poetry every Monday, picking the best is impossible but we feature here 3 entertaining, well published poets, each with a unique voice and view. Ripped from the Headlines: Found Poetry from Poets Reading the News With a news cycle like ours, we need poetry. Come hear poetic reflections on the news from legendary writers Arisa White & Moira Roth, along with the editors of Poets Reading the News, Jenna Spagnolo and Elle Aviv Newton. Delve deep with interactive poetry ripped from the headlines. |
Co-Curators: Bruce Bagnell & Poets Reading the News![]() Bruce Bagnell, a host of Poetry Express, curates and reads from his poetry book, “The Self-Expression Spa,” just released by Sugartown Publishing with much advance acclaim.
Poets Reading the News, co-directed by Elle Aviv Newton and Jenna Spagnolo, is the world's only newspaper written entirely by poets.We publish work from around the world online at www.poetsreadingthenews.com and host an events series in Oakland, California. |
Poetry Express Readers |
Poets Reading the News Readers |
Gary Turchin![]() Gary Turchin uses humor and plain language to evoke images with deep cosmic underpinnings and vast scope. "An artist at the peak of his powers…” author Mir Tamim Ansary
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Arisa White![]() Arisa White, author of You're the Most Beautiful Thing That Happened, Black Pearl, and Hurrah’s Nest, is a Cave Canem graduate fellow. She can be found online at arisawhite.com
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Elizabeth Alford![]() Elizabeth Alford (Hayward, CA) usually writes poetry on her laptop, but in its absence will settle for her cell phone. View her published works and reading recommendations @ Facebook.com/ElizabethAlfordPoetry
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Moira Roth![]() Moira Roth is an art historian, writer, and playwright. She has published extensively including Difference/Indifference: Musings on Postmodernism, Marcel Duchamp and John Cage. She has a "News from the cafe" series on Poets Reading the News.
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Jenna Spagnolo |
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![]() Jenna Spagnolo co-directs Poets Reading the News and is a professional communicator, journalist, and digital marketer. Jenna is based in Berkeley, California.
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Elle Aviv Newton |
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![]() Elle Aviv Newton is a poet, editor, art critic and journalist. She is a fourth-generation native of Oakland, California where she is writer-in-residence at B4BEL4B Gallery. She co-directs Poets Reading The News.
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