i'm reading with Mark Linenthal next Saturday...

Dear friends:

Come out for the next in a series of occasional readings at the Last
Laugh Café and hear two local but rarely heard poets:

Mark Linenthal and John Sakkis
@ The Last Laugh Café
1551 Dolores (corner of Valley, btn 28th and 29th)
Saturday, January 12
4 – 6 pm

I've been anticipating this event for a long time. Mark Linenthal--a
former director of the Poetry Center--recently turned 85, and while
his last book was published some twenty years ago, his commitment to
poetry in general, and to Oppen and Stevens in particular, remains as
strong as ever. As for John Sakkis, most of us know him--indeed, he's
a faithful presence in the local poetry scene--but few of us have ever
heard him read, and considering his cornucopia of new chap titles,
it's time to change that!

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Mark Linenthal is the author of two books of poems, Growing Light
(Black Thumb Press, 1979) and The Man I Am Watching (e.g. Books,
1987). He was married to the poet Frances Jaffer and he taught at San
Francisco State University from 1954-1992, where he also directed the
Poetry Center during the politically tumultuous late sixties and early
seventies.

John Sakkis has two recent chapbooks, Rude Girl (Duration Press) and
The Moveable Ones (Transmission Press). He also has two chapbooks
forthcoming early in 2008: Gary Gygax (Cy Gist Press) and post
bulletin (Taxt). John is from the 925 and lives in the 415.

The Last Laugh Café is at 1551 Dolores St. in SF (corner of Dolores
and Valley, between 28th and 29th) and it's easily accessible by BART
(24th Street) and/or any of the Mission street buses.