A New Cadence in February -- Samuels and Ifland

A New Cadence Poetry Series


Presents


Lisa Samuels
&
Alta Ifland

reading from their works

MONDAY, FEB. 7th
@ 7:30
Felix Kulpa Gallery
107 Elm Street, Santa Cruz, CA

Free

Lisa Samuels grew up in the United States, Sweden, and the Middle East; she now lives in New Zealand and teaches at the University of Auckland. She has published five poetry books and four chapbooks as well as essays and edited work on poetry and critical practice. Her most recent books are Tomorrowland (Shearsman 2009), Throe (Oystercatcher 2009) and Mama Mortality Corridos (Holloway 2010). Two new books will come out in 2011: Gender City (Shearsman), a book-length poem, and Anti M (Chax), a creative non-fiction work in a form called omitted prose.



Alta Ifland grew up in Eastern Europe and immigrated to the States in 1991. Her bilingual (French-English) book of prose poems, Voice of Ice, was awarded the 2008 Louis Guillaume Prize for Prose Poems. Her collection of short stories, Elegy for a Fabulous World, was published by ninebark press. Her latest book of short stories, Death-in-a-box, was recently published by Subito Press.

For more information contact jamaughn@cabrillo.edu
or see anewcadence@blogspot.com