I REALLY wish that I could be there to hear you, Rachel. Your book is
stunning. Best wishes, Sheila
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:58 AM, Rachel Loden <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thursday, August 6th at 7 p.m.
>
> D. A. Powell & Rachel Loden
>
> Reading from their new books,
> Chronic & Dick of the Dead
>
> Bookshop West Portal
> 80 West Portal Avenue
> San Francisco, CA 94127
> 415 564 8080
>
> http://www.bookshopwestportal.com/
>
> D. A. Powell is the author of Tea, Lunch and Cocktails. The latter was a
> finalist for the Lambda and the National Book Critics' Circle Awards.
> His most recent collection is Chronic (Graywolf, 2009). Together with
> David Trinidad and a cast of hundreds, Powell is also the author of By
> Myself: An Autobiography (Turtle Point, 2009). A former Briggs-Copeland
> lecturer in Poetry at Harvard University, Powell now teaches in the
> English Department at University of San Francisco.
>
> Rachel Loden is the author of Dick of the Dead, which came out in May. Her
> first book, Hotel Imperium, was selected as one of the ten best poetry
> books
> of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle, which called it "quirky and
> beguiling." It was also shortlisted for the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award.
> Honors include two appearances in the Best American Poetry series, a
> Pushcart Prize, a Fellowship in Poetry from the California Arts Council,
> and
> a grant from the Fund for Poetry.
>
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