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Saturday, September 29, 2012

Reading This Monday at SPC

Monday, October 1, 2012, at 7:30pm
 
Host: Bob Stanley

Jeff Knorr is the author of the three books of poetry, The Third Body (Cherry Grove Collections), Keeper (Mammoth Books), and Standing Up to the Day (Pecan Grove Press). His other works include Mooring Against the Tide: Writing Poetry and Fiction (Prentice Hall); the anthology, A Writer's Country (Prentice Hall); and The River Sings: An Introduction to Poetry (Prentice Hall). His poetry and essays have appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies including Chelsea, Connecticut Review, The Journal, North American Review, Red Rock Review, Barrow Street, and Like Thunder: Poets Respond to Violence in America (University of Iowa, 2002).

Albert Garcia has published two books of poems, Rainshadow (Copper Beech Press) and Skunk Talk (Bear Star Press) as well as a textbook, Digging In: Literature for Developing Writers (Prentice Hall). His poems have appeared in journals such as Prairie Schooner, Willow Springs, North American Review, and others. Before beginning a career in community colleges, Albert earned an MFA from University of Montana. After that he taught composition, literature, and creative writing for 18 years, first at College of the Sequoias and then at Sacramento City College, where he now serves as dean of the Language and Literature Division.

Ann Wehrman recently completed a MA in English (Creative Writing/Poetry) and Second BA in Music (Flute), both at CSU, Sacramento, and she now teaches English at American River College, University of Phoenix, and Ashford University. Ann’s writing has been honored by numerous awards, including five Bazzanella Awards (2002-2006), the Literary Insight Award (2003), and the Jodie Stutz Award for Poetry (2001). Ann served as Poetry Co-Editor of Calaveras Station Literary Journal at CSU, Sacramento (2008-2010). Her writing has appeared in print and online journals including Poetry Now, Sacramento News & Review, Tule Review, The Mountain Astrologer, Medusa's Kitchen, The Ophidian, Rattlesnake Review, Toyon, Cosumnes River Journal, and Calaveras Station Literary Journal. Rattlesnake Press published Ann’s broadside, Notes from the Ivory Tower, in 2007 and her chapbook, Inside (love poems), in 2011.

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