MK Chavez

The Walrus 2010 Literary Journal Release Reading

September 10, 2010

~At 7:00 pm~

Actual Café

6334 San Pablo Avenue @ Alcatraz

Oakland, Ca 94608

with:

Meg Day

Tomas Moniz

Sharon Coleman

Ed Nitri

Katrina Gaines

Tim Donnelly

Nicole Griffen

William Taylor Jr.

and  Stephen Ratcliffe~

New Berkeley reading series

We feature a mix of prominent, emerging, and beginning writers each month, as well as highlight various forms of writing in an effort to spotlight the diverse literary community that lives in the bay area….

Lyrics & Dirges happens on the third Wednesday of each month:

Contact the hosts: Sharon Coleman, Tomas Moniz, or MK Chavez at lyricsanddirges@gmail.com

and find us at facebook

I’ll be reading at the

Berkeley Poetry Festival this year—along with a bevy of eclectic and wonderful writers…

More about the event:

Mother’s Hen has sponsored & coordinated the Berkeley Poetry Festival for eleven years. This year’s 2010 8th Annual Berkeley Poetry
Festival will be held on Saturday, June 5th from 1—6 P.M., in front of the former bookstore Cody’s, at the corner of Telegraph & Haste

Opium has posted my flash piece  The Mandrake and it’s not so bad for a being a story about a scary little root! It was one of the 15 finalists in their book mark contest.

In other news…do you know who Sara Fran Wisby is? If you don’t you should because she’s a knockout poet–

I reviewed her latest book of poetry for Cherry Bleeds… What was that? You missed it, well you can visit The Small Desk Press blog and read my review, and Paul Corman-Roberts review as well, and then you can click on the link to buy her book–it’s a must read for 2010.

—-I’ll admit it, I like it when people say nice stuff about my work–so I wanted to shoot some like right back at Eric Beeny and his blog (Dead End on Progressive Ave)

And not just because he appreciates my take on Disneyland–he’s got a snazzy rendition of the Nativity in his  poem published right next to mine in the current online issue of Zygote In My Coffee

Anyway–

2009 I’m done with you–

I’m looking toward a new year, but can’t complain about the writing, the friends, and the good times--

I’m ready–2010 Bring it!