Four Poets: Readings on May 23
Date: May 23,2011
Time: 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM
Four Poets:
Readings by Neeli Cherkovski, Sarah Menefee, Julie Rogers and David Meltzer
Monday, May 23, 2011, 7:00, $10-20 Sliding Scale
A Benefit for Meridian Gallery
As the first event of the new Meridian Poetry Series, Meridian Gallery will present “Four Poets,” a night of readings on Monday, May 23rd by four acclaimed poets, Neeli Cherkovski, Sarah Menefee, Julie Rogers, and David Meltzer. As a continuation of Meridian’s 20 years of commitment to the literary arts, including our ongoing involvement with the San Francisco Writer’s Workshop and the San Francisco Poetry Center, we are pleased to host these accomplished poets in support of the Bay Area literary arts community.
The Four Poets:
Neeli Cherkovski has published twelve books of poetry, the most recent and deeply personal, From the Canyon Outward, and a forthcoming book, From the Middle Woods, with New Native Press. In addition to award-winning books of poetry, he has written biographies of beat poets, Charles Bukowski and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, as well as his sketches of twelve poets in Whitman’s Wild Children.
Sarah Menefee is a poet and community activist. She has published several books of poetry, including The Blood About the Heart, I’m not Thousandfurs and Human Star. She also marshals her poetic skills in her political engagement, such as her poem, “The River,” written for the “Where’s Our Change? Housing is a Human Right” march in San Francisco in 2010.
Julie Rogers has published widely in poetry journals and anthologies, including Beatitude – Golden Anniversary 1959 – 2009, and she has been deeply involved in Buddhist teaching, applying her energies to the publication of aguide for Vajrayana Buddhists and their families during the time of dying and death. A collection of her poetry, House of the Unexpected, is forthcoming with Wild Ocean Press
David Meltzer came to San Francisco in 1957 and became a major poet as well as a musician in the San Francisco Renaissance. In addition to his many books of poetry, including David’s Copy, he has written on jazz and is currently writing a political anthropology of the 1960s. He has also written in indescribable genres, as he did in The Beat Thing. His next book, When I Was a Poet, will appear in June in the renown City Lights Pocket Poets series.
