Thursday, July 12th, 7pm. Joanne Kyger celebrated the release of About Now: Collected Poems (National Poetry Foundation, 2007) at the renowned City Lights bookstore in San Francisco.
"For decades, Joanne Kyger has played a crucial role in California's poetry scene. Her poetry has been influenced by her studies in Zen Buddhism and her connection to the poets of Black Mountain, the San Francisco Renaissance, and the Beat Generation. She frequently teaches at New College and the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics." (Press Release)
Two poems by Joanne Kyger are among the highlights of the outstanding Pretend Genius anthology, "Last Night's Dream Corrected". (Link)
