April 11, 2001 - Wednesday at 7:00 PM
BEYOND BAROQUE and the LA POETRY FESTIVAL present:
NEWER POETS VI at the Downtown Central Library
For National Poetry Month this year, LAPF present MARIA ELENA FERNANDEZ,
known for her narrative poetry and solo performances exploring identity.
She teaches Chicano Literature at Cal State Northridge. MARK McKAIN has
published in The Atlanta Review, Pearl and studied with Yousef Komunyakaa
at Squaw Valley. He received the Villa Montalvo Prize. SHAHE MANKERIAN's
poetry has appeared in the anthologies Open Letter, Birthmark: Armenian
American Poets, and Children of Honey. BB presents IRENE SUICO SORIANO, PEN
2000-2001 Emerging Voices Fellow, published in Flippin': Filipinos on
America & Babaylan: Filipina and Filipina American Writers; RICK LUPERT,
author of six collections of poetry including I Am My Own Orange County,
produces PoetrySuperHighway.com, an online resource for poets; and BRUCE
WILLIAMS, author of Holistic Dressing: Clothes Poems and Other Obsessions,
Stratification and works in Solo and Ravishing DisUnities: Real Ghazals in
English, edited by Agha Shahid Ali.
Reservations only: (213)228-7025
Downtown Central Library
Mark Taper Auditorium
630 W. 5th Street
Park under Library at 524 S. Flower
Free
