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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>“One of The Best Poets of Our
time.” <br>
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Denise Levertov <br>
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When he died in 1979 at age fifty-one, Bert Meyers was one of the most
celebrated American poets, admired for his uncanny, precisely phrased imagery,
his social engagement and his insights into the human condition.
Twenty-eight years later his collected poems, In A Dybbuk’s Raincoat, has
finally come into print. <br>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>“There are terrific things here: prose
pieces entirely new to me, pungent paragraphs about </span></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Paris</span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>,
lively comments on poetry, and several naughty words about Yeats. Once in a
while, one encounters old classics, such as ‘Picture Framing.’
It’s marvelous that Morton Marcus and Bert’s son, Daniel, have
brought out this book.” <br>
</span></b> Robert Bly<br>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Join us in launching this important book in a
series of readings from Bert’s work by well-known poets, his daughter
Anat Silvera, and co-editors of the book, Daniel Meyers and Morton
Marcus. <br>
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There will be 8 readings in </span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>California</span></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> and </span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>New
Mexico</span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'> during April 2007.<br>
The book is part of the </span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>University</span></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> of </span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>New
Mexico Poetry Series</span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>.<br>
Please forward this list to anyone you think might be interested. THANKS!</span></b>
<br>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Wednesday, April 4<br>
</span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>PITZER</span></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>COLLEGE</span></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> in </span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>CLAREMONT</span></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>, </span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>CA</span></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> <br>
</span></b>There will be a big memorial event at the Broad Center Performance
Space at 7PM<br>
1050 N. Mills Ave, Claremont<br>
There will also be a reception afterwards at The Grove House, Pitzer Campus<br>
Readers: The poets - Garrett Hongo, Maurya Simon and Cynthia Tuell
– all former students of Bert’s, Professor Al Wachtel, the writer
Jack Miles, Anat and Daniel. <br>
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<div>Maurya Simon</div>
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<div>Professor </div>
<div>Department of Creative Writing</div>
<div>University of California Riverside</div>
<div>900 University Avenue</div>
<div>Riverside, CA 92521-0318</div>
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<div>TEL. (951) 827-2006 (office)</div>
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<div>FAX: (951) 827-3619 </div>
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