The Sacramento Poetry Center

Chad Sweeney and Viola Weinberg October 15, 2007

October 16, 2007

Chad Sweeney read a number of pieces from his forthcoming book from Anhinga Press out of Tallahassee entitled Arranging the Blaze set to appear in 2009. His ghost armed itself with an incantatory style that put a hex on my camera. Or perhaps it was the flurry of his word stylings that were too fast […]

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October Literary Events in Sacramento

September 30, 2007

October Literary Events for Sacramento 1 Monday Art Mantecon hosts at SPC – Iven Lourie, Kirsten Casey and Scott Young — three of the Six Sierra Poets who have published Yuba Flows, a new anthology from Hip Pocket Press. 7:30pm. 2 Tuesday SPC Poetry Workshop, 7:30pm, Hart Senior Center, 27th & J. Bring 15 – […]

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Jeff Knorr and David Alpaugh 09/24/07

September 26, 2007

David Alpaugh and Jeff Knorr took their place in front of a packed venue at SPC on Sept. 24, 2007. Jeff started the evening and read mostly selections from his new book “The Third Body.” However, he started the evening off reading a new basketball poem entitled “Tuesday at the Y.” Then he proceeded […]

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Laverne Frith—09/10/07

September 11, 2007

Laverne Frith, one of Sacramento’s mainstays, spent the evening reading many of his fine short, tight poems. The poems in the first half of the reading were intensely focused on nature. They were still lifes and landscapes brought to the page. Working through a sinus problem, he commented that he hoped his poems in the […]

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September Literary Events

September 4, 2007

September/October Literary Events for Sacramento 1 Saturday All are invited to Escritores del Nuevo Sol’s writing workshop and potluck. 11am. at La Raza Galeria Posada, 1024 22nd Street, Sacramento. For info call Graciela Ramirez, 456-5323 or joannpen@comcast.net <mailto:joannpen@comcast.net>. 3 Monday No reading at HQ for the Arts 4 Tuesday SPC Poetry Workshop, 7:30pm, Hart Senior […]

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Luke Warm Water—08/27/07

August 27, 2007

Luke Warm Water brought his mixture of Sherman Alexie meets Charles Bukowski meets Tom Waits to the Sacramento Poetry Center. With Asylum Gallery’s altar show going on, it was almost as though Luke was undergoing a religious conversion. One moment he might have seemed Catholic, the next he might have seemed Aztec. He read from […]

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Brandon Cesmat—Live at HQ for the Arts

July 31, 2007

Brandon Cesmat sailed into town after a nice long hike with his cousin in the morning in the Sierras. He arrived, donning his Ovation guitar and gourd rattle, and he plugged his tape loop machine into the PA. We were set. All that was needed was an audience. Apparently, only Susan and Joe Finkelman, Rebecca […]

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Ben Hiatt [1942-2007]

July 21, 2007

Ben Hiatt January 29, 1942-June 16, 2007 Ben died June 16 with his wife and sons at his side. There was no service. To borrow from the bio on Rooting For the Rooster (Rattlesnake Press, 2005), Ben’s last chapbook : He began publishing his original poetry in 1958 at the age of 16. He has […]

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Sacramento Literary Events for July/August

July 20, 2007

9 Monday SPC Board of Directors meets at Carmichael Library, 5605 Marconi Avenue. 5:45-7:00pm. Sacramento Poetry Center presents Catherine French. 7:30 pm at Carmichael Library, 5605 Marconi Avenue. Bob Stanley and Indigo Moor host. 10 Tuesday SPC Poetry Workshop, 7:30pm, Hart Senior Center, 27th & J. Bring 15 – 20 copies of your one- page […]

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