June 2, 1997

Free poetry reading at Alan Chadwick Garden on Saturday, June 7

By Jennifer McNulty

Enjoy an afternoon of poetry and classical music in UCSC's Alan Chadwick Garden on Saturday, June 7. The event, "Poetry and Music in the Garden," features readings by four poets from noon until 2 p.m. It is free and open to the public.

The poets who will read their work are:

• Gary Young--Dubbed "the poet laureate of Bonny Doon" by Good Times columnist Bruce Bratton, Young has a new book out called Days. His previous books include My Place Here Below: Fifteen Poems & Dry Points, My Brother's in Wyoming: Poems and Drawings, and We Are Less Surrounded by Water on this Island than by Air.

• Lee Perron--Perron lives, writes, and runs a rare book business in Geyserville. He is the author of Seeking the Hills, Her Majesty the Night, and The White Bones of the Year are Scattered Among Jonquils.

• Michael Hannon--Discovered by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Kenneth Rexroth, Hannon has authored more than 15 poetry books, including Poems & Days and Ordinary Messengers. A master of the short lyric, Hannon is also the author of "My Mother Walked Out," a four-page chant considered by some to be one of the best long poems written in contemporary American poetry.

• Anita Wilkins--An instructor at Cabrillo College, Wilkins specializes in poetry and international literature. She is the author of three volumes of poetry, including Talking to the Blindman and The Trees Along This Road. She received the Pushcart Prize for Poetry in 1983.

The main entrance to the Alan Chadwick Garden is located on McLaughlin Drive across from Stevenson College, where free parking will be available. The reading is sponsored by the Friends of the UCSC Farm and Garden. For more information, call (408) 459-3240.

To More News

To the Currents home page