San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival

 

LANGUAGE OF THE SOUL
26th ANNUAL SAN LUIS OBISPO POETRY FESTIVAL

November 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, and 15, 2009  The Annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival / Corners of the Mouth in conjunction  with Cal Poly University WriterSpeak  are pleased to announce the 26th  Annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival. These events are funded in part by the City of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly WriterSpeak, Glenna Luschei, The Annual San Luis Obispo Poetry  Festival /Corners of the Mouth, and Poets and Writers Inc., through a major grant received from the James W. Irvine Foundation.

All events start at 7:00 p.m
.

Tickets are $5.00 general and $3.00 students/senior



Fri. Nov. 6 
San Luis Obispo Art Center,1010 Broad 
                
Selected Reader
Bonnie Young
  
Featured readers

Current Poet Laureate James Cushing

Ray Clark Dickson
Past Poet Laureate (#1) and author of the new book of poems
WINGBEATS AFTER DARK from Red Hen Press (2009)
www.youtube.com/watch


Sat. Nov. 7 San Luis Obispo Art Center,1010 Broad 
                      
Selected Reader
Ellyn Winslow

Featured Readers

Michael C Ford
www.cinetropic.com/ford/

Sharon Doubiago the second annual
Glenna Luschei Distinguished Poet Award Recipient
www.sharondoubiago.com


Sun. Nov. 8 San Luis Obispo Art Center, 1010 Broad

Selected Reader
Lisa Coffman

Featured Readers
    
Sally Ashton
 www.poetryonastick.blogspot.com/ 
thebestamericanpoetry.typepad.com/the_best_american_poetry/ 

Michael Hannon
                   

Fri. Nov. 13   Cal Poly Performing Art Center, Phillips Recital Hall

WriterSpeak Night

Hannah Stein from Davis, CA.

Cal Poly Students FREE
                     

                       
Sat. Nov. 14 Steynberg Gallery, 1531 Monterey

Selected Readers
Amber Coverdale Sumrall
Paula Lowe

                    
Featured Readers

Jennifer Tseng from Cambria

www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/1337

Lee Herrick from Fresno 
leeherrick.com

  
Sun. Nov. 15 Linnaea's Café, 1110 Garden

Selected Reader
Don Wallis
                     
Featured Readers

James Tyner

Paul Fericano

www.pw.org/content/paul_fericano

                     
Open Reading/Closure Party

......./For information call Kevin Patrick Sullivan at: .............................(805) 547-1318

or email at:

kpsslopoet@charter.net
www.languageofthesoul.org

 

 

 

 

09/18/07

 

 

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