Oakland - Poetry reading with C.S. Giscombe and Charity Ketz

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Oakland - Poetry reading with C.S. Giscombe and Charity Ketz

Start: Sun, 11/01/2009 - 3:00pm

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Giscombe

Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is excited to welcome back poet C.S. Giscombe to read, discuss and sign his newest collection, Prairie Style, on Sunday, November 1st, at 3 p.m. Giscombe is the author of several books of poetry, including Giscome Road and Here. He has also published a memoir entitled Into and Out of Dislocation. He is the editor of Mixed Blood, a poetry journal, and teaches at the University of California at Berkeley.

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Also reading will be Charity Ketz, whose first poetry collection, The Narcoleptic Yard was recently published by Black Lawrence Press. Ketz was born in Roanoke, Virginia and grew up in State College, Pennsylvania. She received her B.A. from Penn State University, an M.F.A. from Cornell University, and has held lectureships at both universities. She is currently a Ph.D student in English Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.

Location:

Diesel, A Bookstore Oakland
5433 College Ave.
Oakland, California 94618