“4th Saturday Poetry & Prose Reading Series”

hosted by Jeanne Lupton

Every 4th Saturday of the month
Ongoing monthly
Time: 7 – 9 PM

Guest poets followed by open mic - 5 min limit

Admission free; donation hat will be passed
Free refreshments provided by participants
All ages welcome

Saturday, May 26 

Featured Guests: Brent Calderwood and Linda Jafffe

Brent Calderwood's poetry has appeared in the American Poetry Journal, Crab Creek Review, The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, and The Southern Poetry Anthology. He is a current Pushcart Prize nominee and 2011 winner of the Atlanta Queer Lit Festival Broadside Contest, judged by Mark Doty. His essays have appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, OUT Magazine, and a forthcoming anthology on Joni Mitchell. He is the Literary Editor for A&U Magazine and Associate Editor for Lambda Literary and the poetry journal Assaracus. His website is www.brentcalderwood.com.

Linda Jaffe has published her work in Switchback, Generations, Bitterroot, Locuspoint, and Systematic Zoology. She received her MFA in writing from the University of San Francisco. Born in Los Angeles, she currently lives in Berkeley with her husband, where she teaches math and science. When not writing and teaching, she spends her time reading, traveling, cooking, and stirring up mischief.