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Events in September 2019

  • - LITERATURE ON THE LAWN FEATURING ANGELA LLOYD'S STORYTELLING CONCERTS
    LITERATURE ON THE LAWN FEATURING ANGELA LLOYD'S STORYTELLING CONCERTS

    LITERATURE ON THE LAWN FEATURING ANGELA LLOYD'S STORYTELLING CONCERTS


    September 5, 2019

    One of the qualities to anticipate in Angela Lloyd’s storytelling concerts is the music in the air with a washboard heartbeat. Her eclectic repertoire of stories, songs and poetry come from oral and literary traditions as well as the vinyl LP collection her parents collected in the 1950’s and 60’s. Listen for tunes with musical accompaniment on Washboard, Autoharp, Cuatro, spoon and bell. 

    We’ll be gathering outside the public library under the tree shade and spin of Angela’s sunbrella. Wishes take wing when a young boy collects the wet coins from a New Orleans public fountain.Stories share ancient instructions on being resourceful in difficult times.

    This event starts at 7pm on September 5th at the Riverside Public Library, located at 3581 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501.

    This event is free and open to the public.

    About the Presenter:

    Angela Lloyd, MFA was raised in Caracas, Venezuela with three languages, English, Spanish and Musica. "Diagonally parked in a parallel world". Angela is at home on the plaza, in classrooms, the living room salon and stage. Find her at www.angelalloyd.com

    *Please note Angela Lloyd will be stepping in for Karen Rae Kraut this month.

  • - CONVERSATIONS AT THE CULVER FEATURING HILLARY GRAVENDYK PRIZE WINNERS
    CONVERSATIONS AT THE CULVER FEATURING HILLARY GRAVENDYK PRIZE WINNERS

    CONVERSATIONS AT THE CULVER FEATURING HILLARY GRAVENDYK PRIZE WINNERS


    September 22, 2019

    A celebration of the winners of the Hillary Gravendyk Poetry Prize. Four poets discuss their books of poetry and join in conversation about the poetry process.

    Elizabeth Cantwell is a high school teacher and poet living in Claremont, California, with her husband, two sons, and small dog. She is the author of two books of poetry, Nights I Let The Tiger Get You (Black Lawrence Press) and All The Emergency-Type Structures (Inlandia Institute), which was a finalist for the 2018 National Poetry Series and won the 2018 Regional Hillary Gravendyk Prize. If you need her, you can find her watching horror movies, listening to Fiona Apple, or reading incessantly about climate change.

    Kenji C. Liu is author of Monsters I Have Been (Alice James Books, 2019) and Map of an Onion, national winner of the 2015 Hillary Gravendyk Poetry Prize (Inlandia Insti-tute). His poetry has appeared in American Poetry Review, Poetry Northwest, Gulf Coast, Apogee, and elsewhere, including two chapbooks and several anthologies. An alumnus of Kundiman, VONA/Voices, the Djerassi Resident Artist Program, and the Community of Writers, he lives in occupied Tongva land.

    Rachelle Cruz is from Hayward, California. She is the author of God's Will for Mon-sters (Inlandia, 2017) and Experiencing Comics: An Introduction to Reading, Discuss-ing and Creating Comics, among other books. She hosts The Blood-Jet Writing Hour, a writing podcast with Muriel Leung. She is a Lecturer in the Creative Writing Depart-ment at the University of California, Riverside. An Emerging Voices Fellow, a Kundiman Fellow and a VONA writer, Rachelle lives and writes in Southern California.

    The proud daughter of Filipino immigrants, Michelle Peñaloza is author of Former Possessions of the Spanish Empire, winner of the 2018 Hillary Gravendyk National Poetry Prize. She is also the author of two chapbooks, landscape/heartbreak (Two Sylvias, 2015), and Last Night I Dreamt of Volcanoes (Organic Weapon Arts, 2015).

    This event is free and open to the public. Special thanks to our sponsor, UCR Center for Ideas and Society.