May Readings

April may be National Poetry Month, but the San Diego scene seems to be heating up in early May.  The Fred Moramarco Reading Series continues on May 1st at 7:oo pm at the Ink Spot. This go-around features poets Chris Baron and B. H. Boston, along with members of the Poetry International editorial staff. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments and indelible poetry will be served. Please come and support your local community of writers!  Here’s a bit more information about the featured readers:

B. H. Boston received his B. A. in English from Fresno State University and his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of California at Irvine. His work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2006. A book of his poems, Only the Living, was published by Helix House Press.  By All Lights, a new collection of his poems, is forthcoming from Tebot Bach. He is currently managing editor and poetry editor of Poetry International.

Chris Baron holds an MFA in poetry from SDSU.  He holds it tightly (so he can remember to write) because he is also a professor in the English Department at San Diego City College, where he is the director of the Writing Center.  Chris has been published widely in poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction, in literary journals, magazines, and anthologies.  He lives with his wife and children somewhere in East County where there is no surf, and is the opposite of New York City where he grew up.

Heather Eudy and Francisco Bustos, two other former SDSU MFAers, have organized Southwestern College’s diverse Spring Literary Festival, which runs from May 6th-May 8th on the Southwestern campus.  The festival includes poets Lori Davis and Terry Hertzler reading at 10 am on the 8th followed by a Baja-Border bilingual reading featuring the poetry of Aída Méndez (read by Alejandro Rodríguez Ruiz Velasco), José Lobo, Juan José Luna, Juan Martínez, and Enrique Trejo.  For more, contact Francisco (fbustos@swccd.edu) or Heather ( heudy@swccd.edu) directly.