Trina Drotar Reading at Book Collector
The last time I visited The Book Collector had been the first and only time several years ago, when I first moved to the Sacramento area. I’d walked around the bookstore, aimlessly seeking. I always stumble into the Sci-Fi Fantasy Section to find a hardcover Ray Bradbury that I don’t already own. The Book Collector … Read more
Calaveras Station Reading at Sacramento Poetry Center
Thanks so much to everyone who attended the Calaveras Station reading at Sacramento Poetry Center! Thanks especially to host, Trina Drotar, as well as the contributors who read with me: Jim Benton, Genelle Chaconas, Shadi Gex, Marcelo Hernandez, Peggy Kincaid, Lee Lee, Joe Montalbo and Jordan Okumura. Having gotten lost on the way to the … Read more
Calaveras Station Reading At Sacramento Poetry Center: Sep 20. 2010 @ 7pm
The Sacramento Poetry Center presents a Calaveras Station Reading Enjoy an evening of poetry and prose with contributors to Calaveras Station, Sacramento State University’s Literary Journal. Date: Monday, September 20, 2010 Time: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. (note early start time) Location: SPC (2719 25th Street) 25th and R (Sacramento) Featured Readers include: Jim Benton, Genelle … Read more
Red Night Poetry: Thomas, Gainer & Drotar At Beatnik Studios
Red Night Poetry at Beatnik Studios was fantastic and I would encourage any writer, not just poets, any word enthusiast really, to attend. Red Night Poetry is a monthly event of readings by featured local poets and provides an open mic for whoever would like to share their work. It was a pleasure to hear … Read more
Coming Soon? Sacramento/Northern CA Chapter of The Editorial Freelancers Association
A message from our friends at Two Songbirds Press… Hello writer friends! I am considering starting up a Sacramento/Northern CA chapter of The Editorial Freelancers Association and am putting out feelers for interested people. You don’t have to be a member of the organization to take part in the chapter events, you could come as … Read more
Peter Grandbois’s The Arsenic Lobster: A Hybrid Memoir – Release Party
Peter Grandbois’s The Arsenic Lobster: A Hybrid Memoir – Release Party Wednesday, 30 September 2009 18:00 – 23:00 The Urban Hive 1931 H. St Sacramento, CA 916-585-HIVE Price: FREE Spuyten Duyvil presents ‘The Arsenic Lobster: A Hybrid Memoir’ by Peter Grandbois. Come out and meet the rising star of the literary scene, Peter Grandbois (author … Read more
Brad Buchanan Reading at Luna’s Cafe: June 25th at 8pm
CSUS Professor of English, Brad Buchanan, will be performing poems from his most recent book, “Swimming the Mirror: Poems for My Daughter” on Thursday, June 25th at 8pm at Luna’s Cafe 1414 16th Street Sacramento. California He will also be reading some newer poems about parenthood and his recently acquired US citizenship. This will be … Read more
Brad Buchanan Reading at Luna’s Cafe
Every Thursday, Luna’s Cafe hosts a poetry open mic. This Thursday, Jason and I visited Luna’s to listen to CSUS Professor Brad Buchanan, who teaches my graduate seminar on Joseph Conrad/Graham Greene. Every teacher has weird idiosyncrasies. Brad Buchanan has a few–it must be the writer in him. The first thing you notice about Buchanan … Read more
Roan Press’s Brad Buchanan at Luna’s Cafe
Brad Buchanan will be reading poems from his new book “Swimming the Mirror” at Luna’s Café: 1414 16th Street, Sacramento, Thursday, November 6 at 8:00pm. Brad Buchanan is the editor of Roan Press, an operation that he co-founded with his wife Kate Washington, food writer for the Sacramento News & Review, Sunset Magazine and Via. … Read more
Booking at Beers & Borders
This Sunday, Jason and I hung out in downtown Sacramento. We had some pizza at Uncle Vito’s Slice of NY, and afterwards, visited Beers Books, where I sold back several books I found at the Folsom Renaissance Faire. I got $15.50 in store credit, which is not too shabby considering I paid $7 to get … Read more
