Monday, July 6, 2009, at 7 PM. Feature with Joyce Jenkins and my husband Hew Wolff at the Gallery Cafe Reading Series hosted by Kit Kennedy. Open mic to follow. The Gallery Cafe, 1200 Mason St. at Washington, San Francisco, CA. 414-296-9932. Take the bus: #1 California, #30 Stockton, #45 Union. For more information contact Kit Kennedy, kitkennedy@yahoo.com, 415-305-1831.
Joyce Jenkins
Joyce Jenkins is the author of Portal, with an introduction by Carolyn Kizer, and Joy Road, a limited edition chapbook, and has given many poetry readings both in the Bay Area and across the country. Her poems have appeared in speechlessthemagazine.com, Parthenon West Review, ZYZZYVA, Berkeley Poetry Review, Solo Cafe 1, The Addison Street Anthology: Berkeley's Poetry Walk, and Petaluma Poetry Walk 10-Year Anthology: 1996-2005, among other publications. Her poem “Piano Man” is part of the Addison Street Poetry Walk in Berkeley. She is Editor/Publisher of Poetry Flash magazine and PoetryFlash.org, and co-organizer of Poetry Flash's reading series. She received the American Book Award in 1994, and the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2006, among other honors. She lives in Berkeley, California. June 6, 2009 was named “Joyce Jenkins Day” by the City of Berkeley in honor of the Berkeley Poetry Festival lifetime achievement award.
Monday, July 20, 2009, at 6:40 PM. Feature with Cat Ruiz with open mic at Poetry Express, hosted by Mark States, Nance Wogan and Jim Barnard. Priya Indian Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. (near University Ave.), Berkeley, CA. 510-644-3977. Ask for special seating for poetry reading; 10% off dinner.
Saturday, August 15, 2009 at 7 PM. I'll be reading my poem “Just Like Jazz” with other authors included in the anthology Sparring with Beatnik Ghosts #3 at Bird & Beckett Books, 653 Chenery St., San Francisco, CA. Steve Arntson will be opening with his poetry and playing the piano. For more info contact Daniel Yaryan at admanyaryan@yahoo.com.
Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 7 PM. I'll be reading with other authors published online in The Pedestal Magazine and with editor John Amen at Book Passage (Corte Madera Store), 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA 94925. For more info call store at (415) 927-0960.
