The Sacramento Poetry Center

April Ranger at SPC on Monday, May 17

May 20, 2010

Carrie Rudzinski at SPC on May 17, 2010

May 20, 2010

Festival at R25

May 19, 2010

Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6 Please stop by for the first ever R25 Festival – that’s the parking lot where SPC lives at 25th and R – on Saturday June 5th (noon to 8pm) or Sunday, June 6th (noon to 6pm) There will be artists’ booths, live music, an art auction on Sunday, […]

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Christopher Buckley, C.E. Chaffin

May 18, 2010

Monday Night at the Poetry Center Monday, May 24, 2010 at 7:30 PM 1719 25th Street (at 25th and R) – – – Christopher Buckley‘s Rolling the Bones won the Tampa Review Prize for Poetry last year — his 17th book of poetry. Buckley has been a vital and compelling voice in American poetry for […]

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SPC 2010 Poetry Contest

May 18, 2010

Entry dates: May 15 through July 15, 2010. 1st place: $100.00 2nd place: $50.00 3rd place: $25.00 Plus ten honorable mentions – $10 gift certificates from The Book Collector. How to Enter Send two copies of your poem(s), one without your name, and a second with your name, address, phone number and e-mail address. – […]

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Tim Z. Hernandez – La Raza Galeria Posada

May 17, 2010

Tim Z. Hernandez (Skin Tax and Breathing, in Dust) read Friday evening (May 14) at La Raza Galeria Posada. I was unable to attend, but JoAnn Anglin did, and this is what she had to say: “People laughed more than cried. As 20-plus attendees enjoyed the reading and story telling of Tim Z. Hernandez last […]

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SPC Brown Bag Lunch Series

May 17, 2010

Third Thursdays May 20th, Noon Central Library 828 I Street Hosted by Mary Zeppa and Lawrence Dinkins – – – We are already deep into May, the month in which we traditionally celebrate both Spring (as in dances-around-the-maypole May Day) and Labor (as in International-WorkersMay Day). Bring your favorite poems (preferably by a writer other […]

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Hot Poetry in the Park

May 12, 2010

Monday, May 17, 7pm Carrie Rudzinski, April Ranger and Terryl Wheat Host: Rebecca Morrison Fremont Park (between 15th and 16th Street and Q and P Street) – – – Carrie Rudzinski is a believer, kitten wrestler, performance poet, and fervent adventurer. Named “Best Female Poet” at the 2008 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational, her work […]

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Farewell Q

May 11, 2010

Couldn’t really sleep last night – wanted to get to Quinton’s poems, see him again in that woefully incomplete way that poems try to negotiate for us. I’ve loved his book Joe’s Rain since I bought it a few years back – “Mockingbird Farewell” is one of my favorite pieces. Here’s an excerpt: You were […]

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