Monthly:

Poetry Readings at:
Willow Glen Library

Third Thursday of Every Month
7:00 pm
1157 Minnesota Avenue
San José, CA 95125

FREE and open to the public

Poets @ Play

Second Sunday of Most Months
1:00 to 4:00 pm
Edwin Markham House in
History Park
1650 Senter Road,
San José, CA 95112

FREE and open to the public

PCSJ Events:

POETRY READINGS @ WILLOW GLEN LIBRARY
Third Thursday of Every Month
Thursday, January 19, 2012, 7:00 pm
Featured Reader: KATHIE ISAAC-LUKE
An open mic reading will follow
Willow Glen Library
1157 Minnesota Avenue, San José, CA, 95125
(408) 808-3045 or (408) 266-1361
Free and open to the public

KATHIE ISAAC-LUKE was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She has a Master's degree in Nursing, and during her work in that field she visited a number of countries. Her poetry, which reflects her travels as well as her Louisiana origins, has been published in various journals and anthologies. Her short story has recently appeared in The Call: An Anthology of Women's Writings, published by Dragonfly Press. She was formerly a program coordinator for Poetry Center San Jose, where she edited the journal Caesura for five years. Her poetry collection, Chrysalides, was published in 2010 by Dragonfly Press and was nominated for the 2011 Independent Publisher Book Award in poetry.

She and her husband now live in the Sierra Foothills of California..

3 VOICES: POETRY FROM CONNIE POST, ELLARAINE LOCKIE, & ERICA GOSS
Saturday, January 21, 2012, 2:00 pm
Book signing to follow
Open MIC MC: Parthenia Hicks, Poet Laureate of Los Gatos
Mention PCSJ when you buy merchandise on 01/21/12 to help support Poetry Center San Jose.

Barnes & Noble Booksellers
3600 Stevens Creek Boulevard, San Jose, CA 95117
Free and open to the public

Connie Post served as Poet Laureate of Livermore, California from 2005/2009. Her work has appeared in The Aurorean, Blood Root Literary Magazine, Calyx, Kalliope, Comstock Review, Cold Mountain Review, Crab Creek Review, Karamu, Caesura, Chiron Review, DMQ Review, Main Street Rag, The Dirty Napkin, Monterey Poetry Review, Slipstream, The Toronto Quarterly, The Tule Review, The Pedestal Magazine, Wild Goose Poetry Review and The Great American Poetry Show. Her awards and recognition include the 2009 Caesura Poetry Award from the Poetry Center of San Jose and the Dirty Napkin Cover Prize (Spring 2009). Her poetry has earned two Pushcart nominations (2007 and 2010), and a "Best of the Net" nomination in 2010 from "Up the Staircase Quarterly." Connie is the author of two chapbooks from Finishing Line Press: Trip Wires (2010), And When the Sun Drops (2012).

Ellaraine Lockie is a widely published and awarded poet, nonfiction book author and essayist. Her honors include the Lois Beebe Hayna Award, Writecorner Press Poetry Award, Skysaje Poetry Prize, Dean Wagner Poetry Prize, Elizabeth R. Curry Prize, and OASIS Journal's Best Poem Award. Her seventh chapbook, Stroking David's Leg, was selected Best 2010 Individual Collection from Purple Patch magazine in England, and her eighth chapbook, Red for the Funeral, won the 2010 San Gabriel Poetry Festival Chapbook Contest. Ellaraine teaches poetry and writing workshops and serves as Poetry Editor for the lifestyles magazine Lilipoh. She is the author of the chapbook Wild as in Familiar, published by Finishing Line Press (2011).

Erica Goss is the winner of the 2010 Many Mountains Moving Poetry Contest. Her poems, articles and reviews have appeared in many journals, most recently Hotel Amerika, Connotation Press, Miller's Pond, Pearl, Main Street Rag, Rattle, Eclectica, Blood Lotus, Café Review, Zoland Poetry, Comstock Review, Stirring, Lake Effect, and Perigee. She won the first Edwin Markham Poetry Prize in 2007, judged by California's Poet Laureate Al Young, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2010. Erica teaches creative writing and humanities in the Bay Area and is a contributing editor for Cerise Press. She is the author of a chapbook, Wild Place, published in 2011 from Finishing Line Press.

POETS @ PLAY
will break for December

Have you ever wanted a quiet place to write? Or an informal gathering for collaborating with fellow poets about works in progress? That’s what Poets@Play is all about. We alternate between writing and sharing our works in progress. This is not a workshop, but rather a playhouse – some starter ideas and a comfortable place to play with words. Registration is encouraged, but not required, at poetsatplay@pcsj.org (we can also provide you with information on how to avoid a parking fee).

Edwin Markham House in History Park
1650 Senter Road, San José, CA 95112
Free and open to the public

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