Awaken the Sleeping Poet!
Awaken the Sleeping Poet!
Thursday, September 25
7:00 p.m.
Featuring:
Diane Bertrand
After graduation from UTSA in 1979, Diane Gonzales Bertrand taught middle school and high school. She started writing for publication in 1989. She wanted to share Mexican-American themes in her poetry and wrote the stories about Latino families that she couldn’t find in local libraries. Her early novels were Latina romances published by Avalon Books; however the past fifteen years she has been publishing literature for children and teens through Arte Publico Press in Houston, Texas. Her novels include Sweet Fifteen (1995), Alicia’s Treasure (1996); Trino’s Choice (1999), and its sequel, Trino’s Time (2001). Her latest book is a bilingual novel Ruiz Street Kids/Los Muchachos de la Calle Ruiz which won a 2005 Skipping Stones award. She has combined her love of poetry with storytelling fun in her popular children’s bilingual picture books Sip, Slurp,Soup, Soup/Caldo, caldo, caldo, The Empanadas that Abuela Made and her forthcoming The Party for Papa Luis. Her poetry has been published in Concho River Review, Palo Alto Review, The Texas Poetry Calendar, and other magazines. Bertrand is Writer-in-Residence at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, where she teaches creative writing and English composition.
Also featuring:
H. Palmer Hall
H. Palmer Hall is the co-editor and director of Pecan Grove Press. Palmer's new book, Coming to Terms, was published in 2007 by Plain View Press. Palmer is the author of six books and chapbooks including From the Periphery: poems and essays (Chili Verde Press) ; Deep Thicket and Still Waters(Chili Verde Press) and To Wake Again (Pudding House Publications). His work has appeared in various literary magazines, including North American Review, The Texas Review, Ascent, Mizna: a journal of Arab American Culture, Palo Alto Review, The Texas Observer, Briar Cliff Review, WLA (War, Literature and the Arts) and The Florida Review among many others. His work has also been selected for several anthologies, including American Diaspora: poetry of displacement (University of Iowa Press), Letters to J. D. Salinger (University of Michigan Press), In a Fine Frenzy (University of Iowa Press), Best Texas Writing II (Firewheel Editions), The Practice of Peace (Sherman Asher Publishing) and others.Diane will begin at 7:00 p.m. sharp.
Both poets will read encore poems after the 8:00 p.m. open mic. At 8:00 we have open mic. Remember, open mic is where anyone from the audience can participate and read their own (or someone else's) poetry.
Where:Northwoods Barnes and Noble (281 & 1604)18030 Hwy 281 NorthTake the Henderson Pass Exit.
Bring yourself; bring a friend; bring a poem!
See you on the 25th!
Floyd L. Lamrouex
lamrouex@sbcglobal.net
210-656-3131
Thursday, September 25
7:00 p.m.
Featuring:
Diane Bertrand
After graduation from UTSA in 1979, Diane Gonzales Bertrand taught middle school and high school. She started writing for publication in 1989. She wanted to share Mexican-American themes in her poetry and wrote the stories about Latino families that she couldn’t find in local libraries. Her early novels were Latina romances published by Avalon Books; however the past fifteen years she has been publishing literature for children and teens through Arte Publico Press in Houston, Texas. Her novels include Sweet Fifteen (1995), Alicia’s Treasure (1996); Trino’s Choice (1999), and its sequel, Trino’s Time (2001). Her latest book is a bilingual novel Ruiz Street Kids/Los Muchachos de la Calle Ruiz which won a 2005 Skipping Stones award. She has combined her love of poetry with storytelling fun in her popular children’s bilingual picture books Sip, Slurp,Soup, Soup/Caldo, caldo, caldo, The Empanadas that Abuela Made and her forthcoming The Party for Papa Luis. Her poetry has been published in Concho River Review, Palo Alto Review, The Texas Poetry Calendar, and other magazines. Bertrand is Writer-in-Residence at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, where she teaches creative writing and English composition.
Also featuring:
H. Palmer Hall
H. Palmer Hall is the co-editor and director of Pecan Grove Press. Palmer's new book, Coming to Terms, was published in 2007 by Plain View Press. Palmer is the author of six books and chapbooks including From the Periphery: poems and essays (Chili Verde Press) ; Deep Thicket and Still Waters(Chili Verde Press) and To Wake Again (Pudding House Publications). His work has appeared in various literary magazines, including North American Review, The Texas Review, Ascent, Mizna: a journal of Arab American Culture, Palo Alto Review, The Texas Observer, Briar Cliff Review, WLA (War, Literature and the Arts) and The Florida Review among many others. His work has also been selected for several anthologies, including American Diaspora: poetry of displacement (University of Iowa Press), Letters to J. D. Salinger (University of Michigan Press), In a Fine Frenzy (University of Iowa Press), Best Texas Writing II (Firewheel Editions), The Practice of Peace (Sherman Asher Publishing) and others.Diane will begin at 7:00 p.m. sharp.
Both poets will read encore poems after the 8:00 p.m. open mic. At 8:00 we have open mic. Remember, open mic is where anyone from the audience can participate and read their own (or someone else's) poetry.
Where:Northwoods Barnes and Noble (281 & 1604)18030 Hwy 281 NorthTake the Henderson Pass Exit.
Bring yourself; bring a friend; bring a poem!
See you on the 25th!
Floyd L. Lamrouex
lamrouex@sbcglobal.net
210-656-3131
posted by PAC PR at 3:15 PM
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