Hi poetas & other wordsmiths!<br><br>FYI, sorry for the short notice, but if you're in the area:-)<br><br>xoxo,<br>Ching-In<br><br>Ching-In Chen and Kat Sanchez<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>read at the Neighborhood Cup in Aliso Viejo
<br>Tuesday, 11 December 2007<br>7:30pm (mingle)<br>the reading starts at 8pm (on the dot)<br>and goes until 9:30.<br>
Then we eat at Denny's or something.<br><br>The Neighborhood cup is located at:<br>1 Journey<br>Aliso Viejo<br>California<br>United States<br>The World<br><br>or at <a href="http://theneighborhoodcup.com" target="_blank">
theneighborhoodcup.com</a><br><br>Mapquest it and find out how to get to the 5 freeway. Then these<br>directions are relevant:<br><br>From Anywhere, you're going to exit the 5 Freeway at Alicia Pkwy. Then<br>you'll make a RIGHT and go
2.6mi to Pacific Pkwy where you'll make<br>another RIGHT. Go 0.7mi down Pacific Pkwy and make a LEFT onto<br>Journey. Make an immediate right into the first parking lot. The<br>Neighborhood Cup is not visible from the street but it shares an
<br>address with the Aliso Viejo Public Library which is on the corner of<br>Journey and Pacific Pkwy.<br><br>Here's some info about the excellent features.<br><br>Ching-In Chen is the daughter of Chinese immigrants who grew up on Boston's North Shore. She has organized many community gatherings and worked on community campaigns including an Asian American open mic in the Bay area for three years. A Kundiman Fellow, Ching-In recently toured with Mangos With Chili, a queer and transgendered people of color performance tour. Her writings have been published in GROWING UP GIRL:VOICES FROM MARGINALIZED SPACES and HYPHEN MAGAZINE.
<br><br>Kat Sanchez is currently studying poetry and other forms of creative writing at UC Riverside. A Pisces, she enjoys ravaging various<br>languages into creative absurdity, the art of Jeff Soto, coffee, overdecorating her apartment, moustahces/beards, and myriad other things. Her first chapbook, "Hangover Junction," is available through Petroglyph Books (
<a href="http://petroglyphbooks.com" target="_blank">petroglyphbooks.com</a>).<br><br>AND...JANUARY 8TH @ THE NEIGHBORHOOD CUP--<br><br>BRANDON CESMAT OF SAN DIEGO<br>AND<br>JEFF GREEN OF RIVERSIDE.<br></div><br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>~~~~~<br><a href="http://chingeze.livejournal.com" target="_blank">chingeze.livejournal.com</a>