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Dear Booklover,
April brings poetry! And hopefully a little bit of
sunshine. All poetry--used, new and sale--is 10% off
all month long. And in spite of the rain we've been
buying books like madpeople and the shelves and
tables are full of wonderful things. Please brave
whatever weather is out there and join us.
CLICK HERE TO SEE SOME SPLENDID
NEW
TITLES
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Poets Laura Sims, Danielle Pafunda, & Geraldine
Kim
Sunday, April 9, 7:30
Join us for an evening of poetry as Poets Laura Sims,
Danielle Pafunda, & Geraldine Kim read from new and
published
works, at Pegasus Books
Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley. (510)
649-1320.
Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New
Century
Monday, April 17th, 7:30
Hosted by editor and poet Cate Marvin, poets Ilya
Kaminsky, D.A. Powell, Tessa Rumsey, Juliana Spahr,
Brian Teare & C. Dale Young read from their works.
Pegasus Books
Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley. (510)
649-1320.
Poets Noah Eli Gordon & Sara Veglahn
Wednesday, April 19, 7:30 pm
Poets Noah Eli Gordon & Sara Veglahn will read from
their new chapbook, That We Come to a Consensus,
published by Ugly Duckling Presse. Pegasus Books
Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley. (510)
649-1320.
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| River of Words 2006 Awards Ceremony April 8th |
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The literary non-profit River of Words has announced
its 2006 finalists and Grand Prize winners. Winners
and their families will be honored on Saturday, April
22 in a public ceremony at The Library of Congress in
Washington, DC. Winners and finalists from California,
where River of Words is located, will be honored at
an
earlier public ceremony/poetry reading/art exhibition/
reception at the San Francisco Public Library’s Koret
Auditorium on Saturday, April 8th. Poet Robert Hass
will
emcee both events.
Robert Hass and
director
Pamela
Michael select each
year's poetry winners from tens of thousands of
entries from around the world. The art winners are
chosen by children's book author and illustrator
Thacher Hurd, who will present the art awards at the
San Francisco event. Winning art from children
around the world—including this year’s International
Prize, awarded to 11-year-old Leung Man Wai of
Hong Kong—
will be on display in the Library’s Fisher Children’s
Center throughout the month of April.
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April is National Poetry Month |
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All poetry books--new, used and
sale books--are 10% off throughout the month of
April.
Visit our stores this month to
receive a
poetry broadside of the poem Berwick
by Billy Creed.
JUST IN!
Gorgeous, tactile, fabulous blank journals from a
variety of small book binderies. Bound in linen,
handmade
paper and recycled covers of classic books. We
invite you to become the poet.
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