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SUMMARY:Poetry World Series
DESCRIPTION:In this wacky and fabulous literary event full of quips\, 
 repartee\, and wordplay\, emcee Daniel Handler pitches prompts from the 
 audience to two teams of poets who wield their poems to compete for the 
 series title. Featuring "players" D.M. Spratley\, Joe Kidney\, Katie 
 Peterson\, Jason Bayani\, Dora Prieto\, Brandon Logans and umps Joseph 
 Millar and Danusha Lumeris.\n\nThis program is for adults and high school 
 students only. No one younger will be admitted. Doors open at 6:30 for a 
 beer/pretzels reception. for pre-registered guests. Waitlisted patrons are 
 let in at 6:45. Late arriving pre-registered  guests need to join the end 
 of the line.\n\n \n\nEMCEE
\nDaniel Handler’s seven novels include Why 
 We Broke Up\, All The Dirty Parts and Bottle Grove. As Lemony Snicket\, he 
 is the author of far too many books for children\, including Poison for 
 Breakfast\, All The Wrong Questions and A Series of Unfortunate Events\, 
 adapted for screen and television. His latest book is a memoir\, And Then? 
 And Then What Else? \n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nPLAYERS / POETS\n\nJason Bayani is 
 the author of Everyone I Love\, Alive\, Locus (Omnidawn Publishing) and 
 Amulet (Write Bloody Publishing). An MFA graduate of Saint Mary's College\, 
 he is the co-executive director of Kearny Street Workshop\, the oldest 
 multi-disciplinary AAPI arts organization in the country. He performs 
 regularly across the United States.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nJoseph Kidney's debut 
 collection\, Devotional Forensics\, was published with icehouse poetry in 
 spring of 2025. His poems have appeared in Best Canadian Poetry and are 
 forthcoming in The Iowa Review and The Cincinnati Review. He works as a 
 lecturer at Stanford University\, where he completed his PhD in Renaissance 
 drama.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nBrandon Logans is a poet from Oakland\, 
 California. His debut collection published by Black Lawrence Press\, 
 Phosphene\, was a finalist for the 94th California Book Award.  He might 
 describe himself as a rectangular sheet of honey 30” x 62”\, 6” above 
 any surface. \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nKatie Peterson is the author of six 
 books of poetry\, including Fog and Smoke (2024) and A Piece of Good News 
 (2021). She was born in California and has lived in England\, 
 Massachusetts\, Vermont\, and the High Mojave desert. Now she lives in 
 Berkeley. She teaches at UC Davis. \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDora Prieto is a 
 Mexican-Canadian poet and translator writing from Ohlone land in Oakland. 
 She is a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford and the author of the 
 forthcoming poetry collection Blood Tejido (House of Anansi\, 2027)\, as 
 well as co-translator of JAWS [tiburón] (Cardboard House Press\, May 
 2026). ★ Poem auntie ☆\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nD. M. Spratley is a 
 Wallace Stegner Fellow\, Cave Canem Fellow\, North Carolina Arts Council 
 Fellow\, and William C. Friday Fellow. Her work has appeared in Poetry 
 Magazine\, Best New Poets\, and The Adroit Journal. She is at work on a 
 poetry manuscript\, a novel\, and a collection of essays.\n\n \n\n \n\n 
 \n\nUMPIRES\n\nJoe Millar is the author of 5 books of poetry\, including 
 Dark Harvest\, New & Selected Poems in 2021\, and his most recent\, Shine\, 
 in October 2024. He has won fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and 
 the National Endowment for the Arts\, and he teaches in Pacific 
 University's low-residency MFA Program.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDanusha Lameris 
 is the author of three books of poetry\, including her most recent\, Blade 
 by Blade in 2024 from Copper Canyon. She is a recipient of a Pushcart Prize 
 and the 2020 Lucille Clifton Legacy Award\, and she served as the 2018-2020 
 Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County\, California. She teaches in Pacific 
 University’s low-residency MFA program.
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
ORGANIZER;CN="Anji Brenner":MAILTO:abrenner@cityofmillvalley.gov
CATEGORIES:After Hours, In Person, Poetry
CONTACT;CN="Anji Brenner":MAILTO:abrenner@cityofmillvalley.gov
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