| ?Jane Crown hosts a special edition Saturday show!?catch us LIVE @ 2pm pacific,4pm central and 5 pm eastern time for two wonderfully talented poets: If you should miss us LIVE...we are in the archives forever and ever!!!nila northSun, of Shoshone-Chippewa descent, is the daughter of renowned Native American activist, Adam Fortunate Eagle- one of the more prominent figures in the 1969-1971 Indian takeover of Alcatraz.She is identified with the Native American Rennaisance of the 1970's and 1980's ; her poem "moving camp too far" remains a sentinel work of the period.northSun has published three volumes of poetry,"a snake in her mouth", "small bones,little eyes";and "diet pepsi and nacho cheese"; and authored "after the drying up of the water": a tribal history,a history of the Paiute-Shoshone tribe.She lives in the Stillwater Indian Reservation in Fallon,Nevada,where she works as a grant writer.Her poems bridge family history and traditional tribal identity with the challenges of being a contemporary American woman.Bill Gainer has contributed to the literary scene as a writer, editor, promoter, publicist and poet.He is a co-founder and current board member of the Nevada County Poetry Series.Gainer is known for the openness of his confessional poetry and is recognized as one of the founding contributors to the modern movement of "After Hours" poetry.?Gainer says, "My poetry is written with an economy of words.I believe that the strongest way for poetry to achieve its goal, to express an emotion or feeling, is through the minimal poem."?Gainer has read and worked with a wide range of poets and writers, including readings on KUSF (University of San Francisco) radio's "Promo Literati" spoken word program with Patti Smith and a recent performance with California's Poet Laureate, Al Young.As editor and publisher of the award wining R.L. Crow Publications, Gainer has been privileged to bring to print such poets as Neeli Cherkovski, Ann Menebroker, Todd Cirillo, Will Staple and nila northSun.?Gainer is a coauthor of, the now notorious book, Roxy and was a featured contributor in the documentary film, "I Began To Speak," a history of the Sacramento poetry scene which debuted at Sacramento's Crest Theater.?Gainer is nationally published and continues to be a sought after reader, he can be previewed on youtube.com - search Bill Gainer.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additionally there will be the usual Sunday show where Jane interviews the marvelous poet,songwriter and visual artist Patrick Grizzell; again @ 2pm pacifc,4pm central and 5 pm eastern time LIVE!Patrick Grizzell is a poet, songwriter and visual artist and the author of Dark Music: Selected Poems and Stories, Chicken Months (about which Robert Bly wrote: "... the poems have a sweet spontaneity and tenderness."), The Goat of Esmeralda, and with painter Jimi Suzuki, a chapbook of sumi paintings and poetry entitled Minotaure Into Night.?He has a new book in manuscript entitled Writing In Place.?He has many publications in literary presses and anthologies in the U.S., Italy, Japan, and the U.K. PG was a founding member and previous director of the Sacramento Poetry Center.?He edited, wrote for, illustrated and designed many of the center's literary publications, including Poet News, Poetry Now, Quercus, Rivers and The Tule Review.?He was also editor of On the Wing, an arts magazine, and is a contributor to ArtWeek and other publications here and abroad.?He has been published in numerous literary presses and anthologies in the U.S., Italy, Japan, and the U.K. ?He has led many workshops, lit conferences and symposia, and taught poetry and creative writing in California prisons.He spent many years in the book business in positions ranging from a bookseller at B. Dalton to Vice-President of Crown Books.It's something he can't possibly explain!His teachers include Dennis Schmitz, Kathryn Hohlwein, Jimi Suzuki, Maya Angelou, Gene Redmond and Leon Golub.?He has performed poetry and music with, among others, Allen Ginsberg, Leon Redbone, Gary Snyder, Jim Ringer and Mary McCaslin, David Raitt, Ed Sanders, Taj Mahal, Shizumi Shigeto, William Stafford, Robert Creeley and Anne Waldman.He performs poetry and music solo and with his band, Junkyard Burlesque.He's in the studio working on an album with Junkyard as well as a solo project.John Lee Hooker once said he "sound pretty good" on the dobro.More at: www.the internet.com/patrickgrizzell Patrick Grizzell Poet & Songwriter the internet.com/patrickgrizzell Come one come all for April shows and poetry month!! |
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