POETRY LOUNGE ONLINE OPEN MIC!
Sunday, April 5, 1:00 p.m. (PST) via Zoom
Poetry Lounge is held twice a month on the first and third Sunday.
Hosted by Lesa Medley! Contact Lesa Medley to receive your Zoom link: lcmedley016@gmail.com.
Special Guest: Nils Peterson! Open Mic to follow.
Nils Peterson is Professor Emeritus at San Jose State University where he taught in the English and Humanities Departments.
He has published poetry, science fiction, and articles on subjects as varyied as golf and Shakespeare, has had several chapbooks and three collections of poetry, the latest, All the Marvelous Stuff, 2020.
His memoir, Talk in the Reading Room published in 2014 by wordrunnerpress can be read at http://www.echapbook.com/memoir/peterson/. He also has a memoir about his friendship and work with Robert Bly, The Dear Time of our Talking, 2020. His latest, My Dinner with Nils, is just out and available from Amazon. It is a gathering of poems, memoir bits, essays, and Memorable Fancies.
In 2009, he was chosen to be the first Poet Laureate of Santa Clara County.
Poetry Center San José's mission is to nurture and promote diverse literary expression in our community as a means of exploring, defining, and enriching the human experience. We offer programs and services to stimulate passion for the literary arts and to inspire and support emerging and established writers.