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Alan Botsford
September 14, 7:30 p.m.
$3 suggested donation
Alan Botsford is the co-editor of Poetry Kanto, Japan's leading bilingual poetry journal. He is an associate professor of American literature at Kanto Gakuin Univeristy in Yokohama, Japan, where he lives with his wife, illustrator Minako Saitoh, and his son Sage. His books include Walt Whitman of Cosmic Folklore (Sage Hill Press, 2010), A Book of Shadows (Saru, 2005), and mamaist: learning a new language (Minato No Hito, 2002). His work has appeared in American Writing, Barbaric Yawp, Confrontation, Edge, Home Planet News, Mickle Street Review, Muse Apprentice Guild, Pearl Magazine, Poetry Kanto, River Styx, Small Pond Magazine, and Yemassee.
Botsford writes about his newest book:
“The book I've written consists of dialogues and poems (and essays) which lend themselves to performance, in that they engage in dialogue with Whitman as bard in various ways, so the audience participates--either by having an audience member or two read a dialogue with me, or by 'overhearing' a poet's dialogue with another poet, that is, opening up the ongoing creative process between the past & present, the living & the dead which poetry-writing is. (Previous books of poems published are also performance-oriented, so-called 'mamaist' poems.)”
Lyon Books Reading Series at the 1078
Katherine Leiner
Thursday, September 30, 7 p.m.
$3 donation appreciated
Lyon Books will be hosting a book event for author Katherine Leiner at the 1078 Gallery. Leiner will be sharing wisdom from her new book Growing Roots: The New Generation of Sustainable Farmers, Cooks, and Food Activists, inspired by her quest to find how growing food in America is changing. The event will also feature GRUB and other local organizations focused on food and sustainability. For more information, call Lyon Books at 891-3338
Lyon Books Reading Series at the 1078
Lin Jensen
Tuesday, October 5, 7:30 p.m.
$3 donation appreciatedFor more information, call Lyon Books at 891-3338.
Lyon Books Reading Series at the 1078
Tim Palmer
Tuesday, October 19, 7:30 p.m.
$3 donation appreciated
Lyon Books will be hosting a book event for local photographer and author Tim Palmer at the 1078 Gallery. Palmer will be discussing his new book Rivers of California: Nature's Lifelines in the Golden State. More info call Lyon Books at 891-3338.
Dale Pendell
November 4, 7 p.m.
Lyon Books brings author Dale Pendell to present his new book, The Great Bay. The book is a fictional vision of the future based on scientific reality. It begins in 2021 and explores the impact of a rising sea on both civilization and the natural world.
Pendell is best knows for his Pharmako trilogy, an encyclopedic study of the history and uses of psychoactive plants and related synthetics first published between 1995 and 2005 (Pharmako/Poeia: Plant Powers, Poisons, and Herbcraft; Pharmako/Gnosis: Plant Teachers and the Poison Path; Pharmako/Dynamis: Stimulating Plants, Potions, and Herbcraft).
Literary Events at 1078
The literary committee works to bring writing talent to the microphone at 1078 Gallery, from outside of Chico and within Chico. Quality is our overriding value, and with that as our first priority, we then emphasize play and experiment, including mixing genres. We’ve had literature and music together, fiction and poetry, creative non-fiction and presentation of poetry and process. If you have ideas for literary performances, call the gallery and leave contact information or email the gallery at info@1078gallery.org (Please put "Literary" in the subject), and one of the members of the committee will get back to you.
