Sun June 7, 2015
Poetry Unbound #25
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at The Art House Gallery & Cultural Center
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Poetry Unbound celebrates its second birthday with an evening of strong women’s voices. Veteran Brooklyn, NY poet Linda Lerner will regale us with her unique take on contemporary life. Up from Sunnyvale, Ellaraine Lockie melds the personal and political with no-holds-barred moxie. And from the East Bay via St. Louis, Colleen McKee explores techniques for survival in 21st Century America.
Poetry Unbound is a monthly reading series dedicated to presenting new work in a broad range of styles and genres, and to bringing together writers from different circles and communities, to strengthen and unite. We present passionate wordsmiths on the first Sunday of each month, with a brief open mic, at the Art House Gallery in Berkeley. Hosted by Oakland writers Richard Loranger and Clive Matson.
Poetry Unbound Reading Series
featuring:
Linda Lerner
Ellaraine Lockie
and Colleen McKee
with a brief open mic
hosted by Richard Loranger and Clive Matson
Sunday, June 7, 2015
signup 5 pm
start 5:15
$5 donation requested, no one turned away
Art House Gallery
2905 Shattuck Ave.
(one block north of Ashby, and close to Ashby BART)
Berkeley
PERFORMER BIOS
Linda Lerner’s collection, Yes, the Ducks Were Real, was published by NYQ Books (Feb. 2015) as was her previous full length collection, Takes Guts and Years Sometimes (2011). A chapbook of poems inspired by nursery rhymes, illustrated by Donna Kerness, Ding Dong the Bell Pussy in the Well was published by Lummox Pres, Feb. 2014. She’s been nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize. In 1995 she and Andrew Gettler began Poets on the Line, (http://www.echony.com/~poets) the first poetry anthology on the Net for which she received two grants. She can be heard reading on http://www.poetryvlog.com.
Ellaraine Lockie is a widely published and awarded author of poetry, nonfiction books and essays. Her collection, Where the Meadowlark Sings, won the 2014 Encircle Publication’s Chapbook Contest and was recently published. Other recent work has been awarded the Women’s National Book Association’s Poetry Prize, Best Individual Collection from Purple Patch magazine in England for Stroking David's Leg, winner of the San Gabriel Poetry Festival Chapbook Contest for Red for the Funeral and The Aurorean's Chapbook Spring Pick for Wild as in Familiar. Ellaraine teaches poetry workshops and serves as Poetry Editor for the lifestyles magazine, Lilipoh. She is currently judging the Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contests for Winning Writers.
Colleen McKee’s most recent book is called Nine Kinds of Wrong. It’s memoir, fiction, and poetry. Other collections of her work include My Hot Little Tomato, and A Partial List of Things I Have Done for Money. Colleen lives in Oakland and works at the Academy of Art. She is fond of drawing, aimlessly meandering, and looking closely at creatures that creepeth on their bellies. Visit her at https://www.ninekindsofwrong.blogspot.com or https://www.colleenbethmckee.blogspot.com.
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Poetry Unbound is a monthly reading series dedicated to presenting new work in a broad range of styles and genres, and to bringing together writers from different circles and communities, to strengthen and unite. We present passionate wordsmiths on the first Sunday of each month, with a brief open mic, at the Art House Gallery in Berkeley. Hosted by Oakland writers Richard Loranger and Clive Matson.
Poetry Unbound Reading Series
featuring:
Linda Lerner
Ellaraine Lockie
and Colleen McKee
with a brief open mic
hosted by Richard Loranger and Clive Matson
Sunday, June 7, 2015
signup 5 pm
start 5:15
$5 donation requested, no one turned away
Art House Gallery
2905 Shattuck Ave.
(one block north of Ashby, and close to Ashby BART)
Berkeley
PERFORMER BIOS
Linda Lerner’s collection, Yes, the Ducks Were Real, was published by NYQ Books (Feb. 2015) as was her previous full length collection, Takes Guts and Years Sometimes (2011). A chapbook of poems inspired by nursery rhymes, illustrated by Donna Kerness, Ding Dong the Bell Pussy in the Well was published by Lummox Pres, Feb. 2014. She’s been nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize. In 1995 she and Andrew Gettler began Poets on the Line, (http://www.echony.com/~poets) the first poetry anthology on the Net for which she received two grants. She can be heard reading on http://www.poetryvlog.com.
Ellaraine Lockie is a widely published and awarded author of poetry, nonfiction books and essays. Her collection, Where the Meadowlark Sings, won the 2014 Encircle Publication’s Chapbook Contest and was recently published. Other recent work has been awarded the Women’s National Book Association’s Poetry Prize, Best Individual Collection from Purple Patch magazine in England for Stroking David's Leg, winner of the San Gabriel Poetry Festival Chapbook Contest for Red for the Funeral and The Aurorean's Chapbook Spring Pick for Wild as in Familiar. Ellaraine teaches poetry workshops and serves as Poetry Editor for the lifestyles magazine, Lilipoh. She is currently judging the Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contests for Winning Writers.
Colleen McKee’s most recent book is called Nine Kinds of Wrong. It’s memoir, fiction, and poetry. Other collections of her work include My Hot Little Tomato, and A Partial List of Things I Have Done for Money. Colleen lives in Oakland and works at the Academy of Art. She is fond of drawing, aimlessly meandering, and looking closely at creatures that creepeth on their bellies. Visit her at https://www.ninekindsofwrong.blogspot.com or https://www.colleenbethmckee.blogspot.com.
Poetry Unbound celebrates its second birthday with an evening of strong women’s voices. Veteran Brooklyn, NY poet Linda Lerner will regale us with her unique take on contemporary life. Up from Sunnyvale, Ellaraine Lockie melds the personal and political with no-holds-barred moxie. And from the East Bay via St. Louis, Colleen McKee explores techniques for survival in 21st Century America.
Poetry Unbound is a monthly reading series dedicated to presenting new work in a broad range of styles and genres, and to bringing together writers from different circles and communities, to strengthen and unite. We present passionate wordsmiths on the first Sunday of each month, with a brief open mic, at the Art House Gallery in Berkeley. Hosted by Oakland writers Richard Loranger and Clive Matson.
Poetry Unbound Reading Series
featuring:
Linda Lerner
Ellaraine Lockie
and Colleen McKee
with a brief open mic
hosted by Richard Loranger and Clive Matson
Sunday, June 7, 2015
signup 5 pm
start 5:15
$5 donation requested, no one turned away
Art House Gallery
2905 Shattuck Ave.
(one block north of Ashby, and close to Ashby BART)
Berkeley
PERFORMER BIOS
Linda Lerner’s collection, Yes, the Ducks Were Real, was published by NYQ Books (Feb. 2015) as was her previous full length collection, Takes Guts and Years Sometimes (2011). A chapbook of poems inspired by nursery rhymes, illustrated by Donna Kerness, Ding Dong the Bell Pussy in the Well was published by Lummox Pres, Feb. 2014. She’s been nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize. In 1995 she and Andrew Gettler began Poets on the Line, (http://www.echony.com/~poets) the first poetry anthology on the Net for which she received two grants. She can be heard reading on http://www.poetryvlog.com.
Ellaraine Lockie is a widely published and awarded author of poetry, nonfiction books and essays. Her collection, Where the Meadowlark Sings, won the 2014 Encircle Publication’s Chapbook Contest and was recently published. Other recent work has been awarded the Women’s National Book Association’s Poetry Prize, Best Individual Collection from Purple Patch magazine in England for Stroking David's Leg, winner of the San Gabriel Poetry Festival Chapbook Contest for Red for the Funeral and The Aurorean's Chapbook Spring Pick for Wild as in Familiar. Ellaraine teaches poetry workshops and serves as Poetry Editor for the lifestyles magazine, Lilipoh. She is currently judging the Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contests for Winning Writers.
Colleen McKee’s most recent book is called Nine Kinds of Wrong. It’s memoir, fiction, and poetry. Other collections of her work include My Hot Little Tomato, and A Partial List of Things I Have Done for Money. Colleen lives in Oakland and works at the Academy of Art. She is fond of drawing, aimlessly meandering, and looking closely at creatures that creepeth on their bellies. Visit her at https://www.ninekindsofwrong.blogspot.com or https://www.colleenbethmckee.blogspot.com.
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Poetry Unbound is a monthly reading series dedicated to presenting new work in a broad range of styles and genres, and to bringing together writers from different circles and communities, to strengthen and unite. We present passionate wordsmiths on the first Sunday of each month, with a brief open mic, at the Art House Gallery in Berkeley. Hosted by Oakland writers Richard Loranger and Clive Matson.
Poetry Unbound Reading Series
featuring:
Linda Lerner
Ellaraine Lockie
and Colleen McKee
with a brief open mic
hosted by Richard Loranger and Clive Matson
Sunday, June 7, 2015
signup 5 pm
start 5:15
$5 donation requested, no one turned away
Art House Gallery
2905 Shattuck Ave.
(one block north of Ashby, and close to Ashby BART)
Berkeley
PERFORMER BIOS
Linda Lerner’s collection, Yes, the Ducks Were Real, was published by NYQ Books (Feb. 2015) as was her previous full length collection, Takes Guts and Years Sometimes (2011). A chapbook of poems inspired by nursery rhymes, illustrated by Donna Kerness, Ding Dong the Bell Pussy in the Well was published by Lummox Pres, Feb. 2014. She’s been nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize. In 1995 she and Andrew Gettler began Poets on the Line, (http://www.echony.com/~poets) the first poetry anthology on the Net for which she received two grants. She can be heard reading on http://www.poetryvlog.com.
Ellaraine Lockie is a widely published and awarded author of poetry, nonfiction books and essays. Her collection, Where the Meadowlark Sings, won the 2014 Encircle Publication’s Chapbook Contest and was recently published. Other recent work has been awarded the Women’s National Book Association’s Poetry Prize, Best Individual Collection from Purple Patch magazine in England for Stroking David's Leg, winner of the San Gabriel Poetry Festival Chapbook Contest for Red for the Funeral and The Aurorean's Chapbook Spring Pick for Wild as in Familiar. Ellaraine teaches poetry workshops and serves as Poetry Editor for the lifestyles magazine, Lilipoh. She is currently judging the Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contests for Winning Writers.
Colleen McKee’s most recent book is called Nine Kinds of Wrong. It’s memoir, fiction, and poetry. Other collections of her work include My Hot Little Tomato, and A Partial List of Things I Have Done for Money. Colleen lives in Oakland and works at the Academy of Art. She is fond of drawing, aimlessly meandering, and looking closely at creatures that creepeth on their bellies. Visit her at https://www.ninekindsofwrong.blogspot.com or https://www.colleenbethmckee.blogspot.com.
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