THE SALON: Poetry & Readings Stage Schedule

10:45am-11:45am
THE POETRY SALON
Elena Karina Byrne introduces:
Brendan Constantine
Karen Kevorkian
Sharmagne Leland-St. John
Elizabeth Pietrzak
Amber Tamblyn

11:45am-12:15pm
POETRY READINGS FROM RED HEN PRESS
Featuring:
Ching-In Chen
Jamey Hecht
Douglas Kearney
Brendan Constantine

12:15pm-1:00pm
POETS AT WORK
Featuring:
Kim Dower
Yvonne Estrada
Donna Frazier
Dylan C. Gailey
Brett Guitar Hofer
Eric Howard
Marta Mora
Ronna Perrin
Sharon Venezio
Terry Wolverton

1:00pm-1:30pm
POETRY DIALOGUE: Poetry in many Trends Speaks Out, Speaks to, is Spoken To…
Featuring:
Molly Bendall
Keren Kevorkian
Lynne Thompson
Brendan Constantine
Elena Karina Byrne (Moderator)

1:30pm-2:00pm
POETRY & ALL THAT JAZZ
A collaboration of poetry and jazz featuring Katerina Canyon and James Maverick with accompanying musicians. Katerina Canyon has been published in several publications worldwide and served as the Poet Laureate of Sunland/Tujunga from 2001 to 2003. James Maverick hosts and curates readings at Gorky’s, Highland Grounds, etc. in addition to hosting 622 Soul Street on www.killradio.org.

2:00pm-3:00pm
RUSSIAN VOICES OF CALIFORNIA: PERFORMANCES OF POETRY & SONGS
Moderator: Vilen Chernyak, Russian Literary Club of West Hollywood
Featuring:
Vilen Chernyak
Arkadiy Gurovich
Bertha Gostomelskaya
Yevgenia Epstein (guitar)
Yurii Levitskii
Yan Maizels
Viktor Raizman
Raisa Reznik
Ushangi Rizhinashvili
Inna Sanina
Leonid Vaisman
Signing at Kovcheg Russian Books booth

3:00pm-3:45pm
RAZOR BABES
“Razor Babes” is a group of ten Moorpark College students and faculty that grew out of a popular poetry workshop series. They have performed at the Ojai Poetry Festival, Beyond Baroque, and more. Their integrated performance consists of single poems, duet poems, and group poems covering topics including finding a prosthetic breast in an antique store, coping with the loss of a friend, and the need to fold t-shirts in a specific way.

3:45pm-4:30pm
EMERGING VOICES FROM PEN CENTER USA
Emerging Voices is an intensive eight-month program for writers in the early stages of their literary careers. The Emerging Voices program matches community and constituent needs and is an important part of PEN USA’s outreach programming. It is the only fellowship of its kind in the United States. As a testament to its success, our 92 alumni have produced 132 publications including books, anthologies and journals. The 2009 Emerging Voices will be reading selected poems, stories and non-fiction.
The 2009 Emerging Voices:
Erika Ayon
John Boucher
Rachelle Cruz
Thi Dao
Parnaz Foroutan
Syliva Sukop
Marissa Tinloy
Mehnaz Turner

4:30pm-5:15pm
MICHAEL KEARNS & OTHER QUEER RENEGADES
Featuring:
Michael Kearns
Noel Alumit
Hunter Lee Hughes
Ian MacKinnon
John W. McLaughlin
Ric Montejano
Steven Reigns
Derek Ringold