[Cwgrad-announcements] Bert Meyers Memorial Reading: Pitzer College on 4/4

[Amanda J Labagnara]

"One of The Best Poets of Our time."  
                                        Denise Levertov   
 
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.     
 
"There are terrific things here: prose pieces entirely new to me, pungent
paragraphs about Paris, 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."      
                    Robert Bly
 
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.  
 
There will be 8 readings in California and New Mexico during April 2007.
The book is part of the University of New Mexico Poetry Series.
Please forward this list to anyone you think might be interested.  THANKS!

                        
Wednesday, April 4
PITZER COLLEGE in CLAREMONT, CA 
There will be a big memorial event at the Broad Center Performance Space at
7PM
1050 N. Mills Ave, Claremont
There will also be a reception afterwards at The Grove House, Pitzer Campus
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. 
 


Maurya Simon

Professor 
Department of Creative Writing
University of California Riverside
900 University Avenue
Riverside, CA 92521-0318

TEL. (951) 827-2006 (office)

FAX: (951) 827-3619 
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