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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Two Poetry Readings: Dixie Salazar & Jon Veinberg

Date: Thursday, February 25,2010
Time: 7 p.m. (reception follows)
Place: Henry Madden Library
Table Mountain Rancheria Reading Room
(3rd floor, North Wing)

Free to all. Seating is limited!

The Madden Library and the Fresno Poets’ Association* present poetry readings by Dixie Salazar and Jon Veinberg.

Dixie Salazar is the author of four books of poetry: Flamenco Hips and Red Mud Feet (Univ. of Arizona Press)is her most recent, following Hotel Fresno, Reincarnation of the Commonplace, and Blood Mysteries. She has a novel, Limbo (White Pine Press), and is also a visual artist, working primarily in oils. Her art studio, Silva Salazar Studio, is located in Fresno. Salazar has taught at Fresno State and extensively in the prisons.

Jon Veinberg is the author of several poetry collections, including An Owl’s Landscape, Stickball Till Dawn, Oarless Boats, Vacant Lots, and the recent The Speed Limit of Clouds. In addition, he was the co-editor of Piecework: 19 Fresno Poets. He has twice been awarded National Endowment for the Arts grants in poetry and his poems have appeared in numerous literary magazines and anthologies.

Call (559) 278-2403 for more information.

*The Fresno Poets’ Association is now a formal program of Fresno State in conjunction with the Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing. For more information, please call the Library Dean’s Office at (559) 278-2403.

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