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Presents
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Dear Friends of Poetry Center San José,
Poetry Center San José was born in 1978. 45 years later we continue to bring poetry to our community! Thank you for your support of our mission to nurture and promote diverse literary expression in our community as a means of exploring, defining, and enriching the human experience.
Today we need your help to meet our goal of $1,500 to help support costs for programming and Markham House (California Historical Landmark 416) by the end of our fiscal year of June 30th.
The easiest way to help is to renew your membership or join as a new member! Simply follow the link pcsj.org/membership. We truly rely on your membership gift, a significant contribution that helps us bring you readings, workshops, festivals and Cæsura.
We look forward to your support!
With appreciation,
Robert Pesich
President, PCSJ
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Final call for submissions to Cæsura
The call for submissions for the 2023 issue of Cæsura can be found at pcsj.org/caesura. The deadline for general public was June 1st but for PCSJ members it is June 15th! We are looking for poetry, prose and visual art. We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if your work gets accepted elsewhere.
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Poetry workshop with poet, educator and visual artist
Bianca Stone!
Sunday, June 11th
12:30-2:30 p.m. (PDT)
The Edwin Markham House (California Historical Landmark 416)
1650 Senter Road, San Jose 95112
$20 PCSJ Member/Student
$40 General admission
To purchase tickets visit https://bit.ly/3B2gTSz
Speaking to the Selves: Poetry’s Vast & Intimate Conversation
This two hour workshop will be on the power of conversation in poetry, with both the self and reader. In our brief time we will discuss poetry, how it has touched us as readers and writers, and how to better expand our writing, reading and listening practice. We’ll read some inspiring poems, then do some in-class prompts, and have the opportunity to share our work. Through looking at the world around us, and within us, we will see how we may find ourselves, in the words of Wallace Stevens, “more truly and more strange” on the page.
Coffee, tea, soda, dried fruit and snacks will be available for free.
There is free parking available in front of the park entrance gate at 635 Phelan Avenue.
The ground floor of Markham House and its bathroom are wheelchair friendly.
BIANCA STONE author of the poetry collections What is Otherwise Infinite (Tin House, 2022), The Möbius Strip Club of Grief (Tin House, 2018), Someone Else’s Wedding Vows (Octopus Books and Tin House, 2014) and collaborated with Anne Carson on the illuminated version of Antigonick (New Directions, 2012). Her work has appeared in many magazines, including The New Yorker, The Atlantic and The Nation. She teaches classes on poetry and poetic study at the Ruth Stone House (501c3) where she is editor-at-large for ITERANT magazine and host of Ode & Psyche Podcast.
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San José Poetry Slam featuring Brennan DeFrisco!
Sunday, June 11th
6:30-10:00 p.m. (PDT)
Co-sponsored by Tabard Theatre
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Sign up list will be open from 6:30 to 6:59 p.m. At 6:59 the list will close and we will do the random draw. Slam starts at 7:00 p.m.
Tabard Theatre is located at 29 N San Pedro Square (upstairs. there is an elevator for those with mobility needs) in Downtown San José. https://tabardtheatre.org/
Your host and Emcee will be Mighty Mike McGee.
Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
Admission: $5-10
Brennan DeFrisco is a poet, teaching artist, editor, voice actor, and program coordinator. He’s been a National Poetry Slam finalist, a Pushcart Prize nominee, and Grand Slam Champion of the Oakland Poetry Slam. He’s the author of Honeysuckle & Nightshade (Swimming with Elephants Publications) and A Heart With No Scars (Nomadic Press). Brennan’s work has been published in Red Wheelbarrow, Oracle Fine Arts Review, Drunk in a Midnight Choir, Gemini, and elsewhere. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing.
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