TUJUNGA. On Sunday, March 11 at 5:00 p.m., the Friends of the
Sunland-Tujunga Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library presents a poetry
reading with liz gonzález and Jerry Quickley. The program begins with an
open reading.
liz gonzález' recent publications include Beneath Bone (Manifest Press), a
volume of poems, Cider Press Review, Brújula, Luna, The San Francisco
Chronicle, and her poetry was included in the anthology Grand Passion: The
Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond. Her awards include: 99/00 Writer in
Residence at the Phoenix College Creative Writing Program in Arizona; first
place award for Poetry in the Windows, I and III; and the second place
award for Mills College English Department's Mary Merritt Henry Graduate
Poetry Award, 1997. liz received her MFA in Creative Writing from Mills
College in 1998. Currently, she is teaching at Long Beach City College and
UCI, Extension.
Jerry Quickley is a Los Angeles resident and New York native and one of the
most well-regarded performance poets on the West Coast. Jerry is an
award-winning spoken word artist who has presented work across the United
States and abroad. He is resident poet at 33 1/3, the weekly gathering of
the Soul/Hip Hop/Spoken Word tribe in Los Angeles. He headlines and hosts
the West Coast version of WORDS, the Hip Hop & Spoken Word series. His
work has been published in several anthologies, magazines, and newspapers
including Time Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, SP Mag, Beyond the Valley
of Contemporary Poets, The LA Weekly, The Village Voice, the upcoming
Nuyorican Anthology, and others. He edited the anthology "Juke Joint Magic"
(Juke Joint Still Press: 1998. written for NFL Films and performs on the
new CD "UnBound" (Nu Groov:2000) with Pharoah Monche, Talib Kweli, Ursula
Rucker and other hip hop and spoken word artists. Jerry teaches a poetry
workshop for incarcerated youth at Central Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles.
He was Playwright in Residence at the Tiki Ti Theatre Company in Manhattan
in 1994-95. During that period he also directed a series of one acts and
short films.
The series continues in April with Jim Natal and Elsa Frausto.
The Friends of the Sunland-Tujunga Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library
is a private, non-profit organization that sponsors literary events and
provides financial and volunteer support to the Sunland-Tujunga Branch of
the Los Angeles Public Library. Its mission is to encourage children to
become life-long readers and library patrons. To donate books or volunteer,
call the Branch at (818) 352-4481.
This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has
received from the James Irvine Foundation. Admission is free. The Branch
is located at 7771 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga. Parking is available and the
library is fully accessible to people who use wheelchairs. Call (818)
352-4481 for directions or (323) 255-1449 for more information.
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Jamie O'Halloran
ohalloran@...
