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Joshua McKinney and Matthew Chronister read at the Poetry Night Reading Series
November 3, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Free
The Poetry Night Reading Series is excited to feature Joshua McKinney with Matthew Chronister at 7 PM on Thursday, November 3rd, 2022, on the roof of the John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street in Davis.
Joshua McKinney’s most recent book of poetry is Small Sillion (Parlor Press, 2019). His work has appeared in such journals as Boulevard, Denver Quarterly, Kenyon Review, New American Writing, and many others. He is the recipient of The Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize, The Dickinson Prize, The Pavement Saw Chapbook Prize, and a Gertrude Stein Award for Innovative Writing. He teaches literature and creative writing at California State University, Sacramento. His hobbies include guinea pig wrangling and playing the banjo. An amateur lichenologist, he is a member of the California Lichen Society. With Tim Kahl, he edits the online ecopoetry journal Clade Song.
Matthew Chronister is from Sacramento, CA, where he lives with his wife, Brie, and dog, Bella. He teaches AP English at Union Mine High School, and is also advisor for the anime and book clubs. He received his BA and MA from Sac State, where he studied and wrote poetry. His work has appeared in Poetry Now, Suisun Valley Review and 8-West Press. His first collection of poems, Memory Care, is available from Finishing Line Press.
This event will take place at the Natsoulas Gallery (521 1st Street) at 7 PM on Thursday, November 3rd, 2022. There will be an open mic after the featured performers. Open mic performances will be limited to four minutes or two items, whichever is shorter. As the Bard says, “Brevity is the soul of wit.”
The Poetry Night Reading Series, taking place on the first and third Thursdays of the month at 7 PM, is generously supported by the people and poets of the Sacramento Valley, and by John Natsoulas and the staff at the John Natsoulas Gallery. Your host will be Dr. Andy Jones, the poet laureate emeritus of the City of Davis. This event is gratefully supported by Katerina Hanks, producer, and Timothy Nutter, sound and lighting engineer. Find out more about the Poetry Night Reading Series by visiting http://www.poetryindavis.com.