California Poets Festival
Poetry Center San Jose is hosting an all-day outdoor festival celebrating poets and poetry from California this Saturday at History San José.
Poetry readings, book signings, opportunities to meet with editors, books for sale, small press fair, along with food and wine available from local restaurants. History San José has many picnic tables.
Featured California poets include Robert Hass, Francisco X. Alarcón, Ellen Bass, Victoria Chang, Wanda Coleman, Jane Hirshfield, Diem Jones, in addition to student poets.
Readings are outdoors in partially shaded seating in front of the Markham House.
The Edwin Markham House is a Victorian home where poet Edwin Markham lived in the late 1800s. The house was moved to History San José in the late 1980s. The house is now headquarters of Poetry Center San José.
California Poets Festival
History San José, Kelley Park
1650 Senter Road, San José
Saturday, September 22
10:00am - 4:30pm
Free admission; parking $6.00
For information including schedule, poet bios, small presses and literary magazine participants check here.
Earlier post about History San José here.
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