Poetry Reading by Don Brennan, Kate Evans, Alan Soldofsky, Toph Woodward

Sat, May 6
7:00 pm
Free

Come to the cozy Bazaar Cafe to experience the work and reflections
of four talented and accomplished California poets: Don Brennan, Kate
Evans, Alan Soldofsky, and Christopher Woodward.

The show starts at 7 and ends early enough for you to continue your
Cinco de Mayo weekend festivities elsewhere. Start your Saturday
night off right!

MORE ON SATURDAY'S POETS:

Don Brennan
Don Brennan's work has appeared in several journals, including Haight
Ashbury, Minotaur, The Great American Poetry Show, North Coast
Review, The Throwback, Arnazella, Sacred Grounds Anthology, and Other
Side of the Post Card (City Lights Anthology). Winner of the 2000
Haight Ashbury contest, Don has published four books of poetry, and
currently hosts the Bibliohead reading series in San Francisco.

Kate Evans
Kate Evans's poetry collection, Like All We Love, will be released in
June 2006 by Q Press (the-q-press.com). Her poetry, stories,
and essays have appeared in such publications as the North American
Review, Santa Monica Review, Cream City Review, Indiana Review, and
Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly. She is the author of a book
about lesbian and gay teachers, Negotiating the Self (Routledge), and
has recently completed a novel (For the May Queen) and a collection
of stories (Flirting with Rosie). A semi-finalist for the Pratt
Institute Prize in Poetry, and a finalist in the New Voices Poetry
Contest, she has also been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes. She
teaches at San Jose State University.

Alan Soldofsky
Alan Soldofsky has published three chapbooks of poems: Kenora
Station, Staying Home, and most recently a chapbook that includes a
selection of poems by his son, the poet Adam Soldofsky, Holding
Adam / My Father's Books. He has published poems widely in magazines
and academic journals including: The Antioch Review, The Georgia
Review, The Gettysburg Review, Grand Street, The Michigan Quarterly
Review, The Nation, The North American Review, and Poetry East. His
articles, essays, interviews, and book reviews have appeared widely
in periodicals including: Chelsea, Contact II, Ironwood, Jeffers
Studies, Narrative, Metro Newspapers, Poetry Flash, Quarry West, and
The Writer's Chronicle. He recently published an essay titled "The
Lyric Self: Voice and Authenticity in Contemporary American Poetry"
in the May-June issue of The Writer's Chronicle. He lives in San
Jose, California, and is a professor of English and Creative Writing
at San Jose State University, where he directs the MFA Program in
Creative Writing.

Christopher Woodward
Christopher Woodward is Editor of Which Press and serves on the Board
of Directors at the Richmond Art Center, chairing their Curatorial
Committee. He has been published in journals around the country,
including Southern Poetry Review, Mid-American Review, Dominion
Review, and others (not all of which contain the word "review" in
their title). He has taught writing at the Rochester Institute of
Technology and Bowling Green, where he won the Franklin Devine
Fellowship in poetry and published his first chapbook, From the
Field. This will be his first public reading in over ten years.


Hosted by Regan Douglass.

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Venue:

The Bazaar Cafe
5927 California Street at 21st Avenue
San Francisco
415-831-5620
http://www.bazaarcafe.com/

Additional Info:

415-359-5809
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