Santa Barbara Poetry Series
Saturday
February 4, 2012
7 - 9 PM
BAY AREA AND VENTURA POETS
with
DEAN RADER
A Professor of English at University of San Francisco, Mr. Rader was awarded the 2010 T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize for his debut collection, Works & Days. His poem, “Twilight at Ocean Beach: 14,” was named by Verse Daily as one of the best poems of 2010, and others have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. In 2011 he was a finalist for the Poetry Society of America’s Louis Hammer Award judged by David Lehman.
JAN STECKEL
A retired pediatrician in Oakland, a bisexual and disability rights activist, and a poet and writer, Ms. Steckel's chapbook The Underwater Hospital (Zeitgeist Press, 2006) won a Rainbow Award for lesbian and bisexual poetry. Her Mixing Tracks (Gertrude Press, 2009) won the Gertrude Press fiction chapbook award. Her first full-length poetry book, The Horizontal Poet, is just out from Zeitgeist Press.
ELIJAH IMLAY
A Ventura resident, is the recipient of three Artist Fellowship Awards from the City of Ventura as well as Honorable Mention awards in three national poetry competitions. His poems have been published in anthologies and literary journals, and he has been a Pushcart Prize nominee. His book Monsoon Blues (2011) is about his enlistment as a clarinetist in one of the seventeen army bands stationed in Viet Nam during the war.
Contemporary Arts Forum
Paseo Nuevo Mall,
Upper Arts Terrace,
Santa Barbara
Hosted by Carol DeCanio, Organizer
Suggested Donation: |
$5.00 General |
$3.00 Students |
Organizer Carol DeCanio, on behalf of the Santa Barbara Poetry Series and the featured poets, thanks the Contemporary Arts Forum for the use of their gallery. For more information, call 805-966-1423 |
DIRECTIONS TO CAF
From San Francisco:
US-101 South
Take the CARRILLO ST exit and turn left toward DOWNTOWN
Turn RIGHT onto CHAPALA ST.
Turn left into Paseo Nuevo Mall parking garage
CAF is located on the top level
From Los Angeles:
US-101 North
Take the CARRILLO ST exit and turn right toward DOWNTOWN.
Turn RIGHT onto CHAPALA ST.
Turn left into Paseo Nuevo Mall parking garage
CAF is located on the top level
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