If you love poetry, you live in the Portland Metro Area and you don't know Christopher Luna, it's high time that you do! A passionate promoter and supporter of poets and poetry, Christopher is a dedicated father, partner, friend and--you guessed it--poet! I am a long-time admirer of his work and his good works. Following are a range of events that Christopher is either hosting or headlining in the coming days and weeks. I encourage you to find your way to one or more!
Tomorrow: Christopher Luna & Luke Lefler at the Show & Tell Gallery
The Show and Tell Gallery, located at 625 NW Everett Street #231,
presents a night of colorful art and live entertainment on First
Thursday, August 7. Spoken Word, 7 p.m.: Luke Lefler and Christopher Luna.
Luke Lefler is a multi-disciplinary writer and audio producer who rarely performs in person. Most recently he returned after a 15-year absence as a programmer for KBOO-FM with his three-hour neo-romantic radio tragedy The Wreck of The Broken Landscape, which he produced using location recordings and music, and mixed entirely in his home studio.
Kerouac School graduate Christopher Luna's recently released chapbook, Ghost Town, USA includes poetry, reportage, and overheard conversation from his five years in Vancouver, WA. Christopher is a poet, editor, and teacher from Long Island, NY and the host of a successful monthly open mic poetry series at Cover to Cover Books in Vancouver.
Show and Tell creates community in Portland's indie arts community and promotes DIY artists by hosting performance opportunities in public places. You can read more about it at: www.showandtellgallery.org or at www.myspace.com/showandtellgalleryproductions
Cover to Cover Books features Paulann Petersen
Paulann will be promoting her spectacular new book, Kindle at this Open Mic Poetry night hosted by Christopher Luna
7:00 p.m. Thursday, August 14 (and every second Thursday)
Cover to Cover Books
1817 Main Street
Vancouver, WA
For more information, call 360.514.0358 or 360.694.9653
Paulann Petersen's books of poetry are The Wild Awake (Confluence Press), Blood-Silk (Quiet Lion Press), and A Bride of Narrow Escape (Cloudbank Books), which was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. Her fourth collection, Kindle, was recently published by Mountains and Rivers Press and will be available at the reading for $14. A former Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and the recipient of the 2006 Holbrook Award from Oregon Literary Arts, Petersen serves on the board of Friends of William Stafford, organizing the annual January Stafford Birthday Events.
Tacoma Showdown features poets from the 'Couve
A small group of Vancouver poets will represent the ‘Couve at the Tacoma Showdown, a big poetry event taking place on Friday, August 8, and Saturday, August 9. Vancouver poets Diane Cammer, Eileen Elliott, Toni Partington, Kevin Fanning, and Christopher Luna will be appearing outside on the Suitcase Stage next to the Keystone Auditorium at 3:00pm. For more info, check out: http://www.showcasetacoma.org/ Hope to see you there!
Get your copy of GHOST TOWN, USA today!
Poems, stories, and observations of Vancouver, WA by Christopher Luna is available from the author for $6. Christopher Luna / 919 U St. Apt. K / Vancouver, WA 98661. The book is also
available through Cover to Cover Books (covertocoverbooks.net).
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