Sun July 6, 2014
Poetry Unbound #14
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Poetry Unbound #14
July brings us to a month of patriotism and all its concerns. To ring that in, Poetry Unbound features three poets of strong viewpoints and voices. QR Hand, legendary Babar poet of jazz and politics, comes in from the North Bay to grace us with his heart-wrung rhythms. East Bay ranter and formalist Jan Dederick will keep us on our toes with her edgy, whimsied passion. And poet, journalist, and organizer extraordinaire Martin Hickel stops by from Marin to confirm that we are all still in America, and what that might just mean.
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 Clive Matson and Richard Loranger.
Poetry Unbound Reading Series
featuring:
QR Hand
Jan Dederick
and Martin Hickel
with a brief open mic
hosted by Clive Matson and Richard Loranger
PERFORMER BIOS
q.r.hand, jr. born in bed-stuy Brooklyn in 1937 moved to California in 1969 living in Vallejo since retiring from working as mental health counselor after bout with prostate cancer poetry published in various journals and anthologies collection whose really blues published by taurean horn press reader and performer with wordwind chorus since early 80s in bay area
Jan Dederick writes with passion and whimsy about topics close to the hearts of all, and topics beyond the pale of popularity as well. Her work has been described as funny, edgy, rich, full-bodied, courageous. She likes form, or form likes her, not sure which. She loves to rant about the health care system, the patriarchy, the goofiness of the human race. She’s produced 2 chapbooks, Ear to the Rail and Between a Rock and a Soft Place, and a full length collection, Hammer It Into Horseshoes. Jan serves on the editorial board of Poetalk. Her day job is in the healing arts of Homeopathic Medicine and Kairos Therapy.
Martin Hickel began writing poetry during high school, where he also took up journalism, eventually founding the Lassen County Times, a weekly newspaper in far Northern California. He assists Sonoma poet Geri Digiorno with the Petaluma Poetry Walk, and organized the Marin poetry festival and Sunset By the Bay Reading series in Sausalito. For food he supports obsolete database applications and tries to be nice to his wife. He has self-published lots of chapbooks. His work appears in a few anthologies and web journals.
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July brings us to a month of patriotism and all its concerns. To ring that in, Poetry Unbound features three poets of strong viewpoints and voices. QR Hand, legendary Babar poet of jazz and politics, comes in from the North Bay to grace us with his heart-wrung rhythms. East Bay ranter and formalist Jan Dederick will keep us on our toes with her edgy, whimsied passion. And poet, journalist, and organizer extraordinaire Martin Hickel stops by from Marin to confirm that we are all still in America, and what that might just mean.
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 Clive Matson and Richard Loranger.
Poetry Unbound Reading Series
featuring:
QR Hand
Jan Dederick
and Martin Hickel
with a brief open mic
hosted by Clive Matson and Richard Loranger
PERFORMER BIOS
q.r.hand, jr. born in bed-stuy Brooklyn in 1937 moved to California in 1969 living in Vallejo since retiring from working as mental health counselor after bout with prostate cancer poetry published in various journals and anthologies collection whose really blues published by taurean horn press reader and performer with wordwind chorus since early 80s in bay area
Jan Dederick writes with passion and whimsy about topics close to the hearts of all, and topics beyond the pale of popularity as well. Her work has been described as funny, edgy, rich, full-bodied, courageous. She likes form, or form likes her, not sure which. She loves to rant about the health care system, the patriarchy, the goofiness of the human race. She’s produced 2 chapbooks, Ear to the Rail and Between a Rock and a Soft Place, and a full length collection, Hammer It Into Horseshoes. Jan serves on the editorial board of Poetalk. Her day job is in the healing arts of Homeopathic Medicine and Kairos Therapy.
Martin Hickel began writing poetry during high school, where he also took up journalism, eventually founding the Lassen County Times, a weekly newspaper in far Northern California. He assists Sonoma poet Geri Digiorno with the Petaluma Poetry Walk, and organized the Marin poetry festival and Sunset By the Bay Reading series in Sausalito. For food he supports obsolete database applications and tries to be nice to his wife. He has self-published lots of chapbooks. His work appears in a few anthologies and web journals.
Poetry Unbound #14
July brings us to a month of patriotism and all its concerns. To ring that in, Poetry Unbound features three poets of strong viewpoints and voices. QR Hand, legendary Babar poet of jazz and politics, comes in from the North Bay to grace us with his heart-wrung rhythms. East Bay ranter and formalist Jan Dederick will keep us on our toes with her edgy, whimsied passion. And poet, journalist, and organizer extraordinaire Martin Hickel stops by from Marin to confirm that we are all still in America, and what that might just mean.
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 Clive Matson and Richard Loranger.
Poetry Unbound Reading Series
featuring:
QR Hand
Jan Dederick
and Martin Hickel
with a brief open mic
hosted by Clive Matson and Richard Loranger
PERFORMER BIOS
q.r.hand, jr. born in bed-stuy Brooklyn in 1937 moved to California in 1969 living in Vallejo since retiring from working as mental health counselor after bout with prostate cancer poetry published in various journals and anthologies collection whose really blues published by taurean horn press reader and performer with wordwind chorus since early 80s in bay area
Jan Dederick writes with passion and whimsy about topics close to the hearts of all, and topics beyond the pale of popularity as well. Her work has been described as funny, edgy, rich, full-bodied, courageous. She likes form, or form likes her, not sure which. She loves to rant about the health care system, the patriarchy, the goofiness of the human race. She’s produced 2 chapbooks, Ear to the Rail and Between a Rock and a Soft Place, and a full length collection, Hammer It Into Horseshoes. Jan serves on the editorial board of Poetalk. Her day job is in the healing arts of Homeopathic Medicine and Kairos Therapy.
Martin Hickel began writing poetry during high school, where he also took up journalism, eventually founding the Lassen County Times, a weekly newspaper in far Northern California. He assists Sonoma poet Geri Digiorno with the Petaluma Poetry Walk, and organized the Marin poetry festival and Sunset By the Bay Reading series in Sausalito. For food he supports obsolete database applications and tries to be nice to his wife. He has self-published lots of chapbooks. His work appears in a few anthologies and web journals.
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July brings us to a month of patriotism and all its concerns. To ring that in, Poetry Unbound features three poets of strong viewpoints and voices. QR Hand, legendary Babar poet of jazz and politics, comes in from the North Bay to grace us with his heart-wrung rhythms. East Bay ranter and formalist Jan Dederick will keep us on our toes with her edgy, whimsied passion. And poet, journalist, and organizer extraordinaire Martin Hickel stops by from Marin to confirm that we are all still in America, and what that might just mean.
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 Clive Matson and Richard Loranger.
Poetry Unbound Reading Series
featuring:
QR Hand
Jan Dederick
and Martin Hickel
with a brief open mic
hosted by Clive Matson and Richard Loranger
PERFORMER BIOS
q.r.hand, jr. born in bed-stuy Brooklyn in 1937 moved to California in 1969 living in Vallejo since retiring from working as mental health counselor after bout with prostate cancer poetry published in various journals and anthologies collection whose really blues published by taurean horn press reader and performer with wordwind chorus since early 80s in bay area
Jan Dederick writes with passion and whimsy about topics close to the hearts of all, and topics beyond the pale of popularity as well. Her work has been described as funny, edgy, rich, full-bodied, courageous. She likes form, or form likes her, not sure which. She loves to rant about the health care system, the patriarchy, the goofiness of the human race. She’s produced 2 chapbooks, Ear to the Rail and Between a Rock and a Soft Place, and a full length collection, Hammer It Into Horseshoes. Jan serves on the editorial board of Poetalk. Her day job is in the healing arts of Homeopathic Medicine and Kairos Therapy.
Martin Hickel began writing poetry during high school, where he also took up journalism, eventually founding the Lassen County Times, a weekly newspaper in far Northern California. He assists Sonoma poet Geri Digiorno with the Petaluma Poetry Walk, and organized the Marin poetry festival and Sunset By the Bay Reading series in Sausalito. For food he supports obsolete database applications and tries to be nice to his wife. He has self-published lots of chapbooks. His work appears in a few anthologies and web journals.
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