Thursday, October 22, 2009
Poetry reading by Joshua Beckman, Take It (Wave Books, 2009), and Graham Foust, Necessary Stranger (Flood Editions, 2007) and A Mouth in California (forthcoming from Flood Editions, November 2009), Mrs. Dalloway’s Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510-704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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Saturday, November 14, 2009, 4:00 pm
Poetry reading by Katha Pollitt, The Mind-Body Problem: Poems (Random House, 2009), Mrs. Dalloway’s Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, 4:00 p.m. READING CANCELLED!
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Poetry reading by Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows, translators and editors, A Year with Rilke: Daily Readings from the Best of Rainer Maria Rilke (HarperOne, November 2009), Mrs. Dalloway’s Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30. A Year with Rilke provides the first ever reading from Rilke for every day of the year. With new translations from editors Macy and Barrows, whose acclaimed translation of Rilke’s The Book of Hours won an ardent readership, this collection reveals the depth and breadth of Rilke’s acclaimed work.