A New
Cadence Poetry Series Presents
Mong-Lan
&
David
Brinks
reading from their
poetry
Saturday, October 24th @
Felix Kulpa Gallery
107 Elm Street Santa
Cruz, CA 95060(Behind Streetlight Records)
7:30pm Admission is free
Mong-Lan,
Vietnamese-born multi-disciplinary American artist, poet, writer, painter,
photographer, dancer and
teacher of Argentine tango, singer, left her native Vietnam on the last day
of the evacuation of Saigon. Winner of a Pushcart Prize, the Juniper Prize, the
Great Lakes Colleges Association’s New Writers Awards for Poetry, and other
awards, Mong-Lan’s poetry has been nationally and internationally anthologized
to include being in Best American Poetry and The Pushcart Book of Poetry: Best Poems from 30
Years of the Pushcart Prize. She is the author of eight books and
chapbooks which contain her poetry and artwork -- books include Song of the Cicadas (Juniper Prize, finalist
for the Poetry Society of America's Norma Farber First Book Award); Why is the Edge Always Windy?; Tango, Tangoing: Poems & Art; the
bilingual Spanish / English edition, Tango, Tangueando: Poemas & Dibujos; One Thousand Minds Brimming: poems & art;
and the chapbooks Love Poem to
Tofu and Other Poems and Love Poem to Ginger & Other Poems:
poetry & paintings. Her book Force of the Heart: Tango, Art, which
includes drawings, paintings, and a poem, was inspired by the tango.
David Brinks is a
long-time resident of New Orleans’ historic French Quarter (Vieux Carré),
Brinks is a poet, historian, editor, publisher, arts curator and educator. His
family dates back more than seven generations in the region. His mother’s
family is Acadian French and Houma Indian. His father’s family is Siouan Indian
and Choctaw Indian. Brinks is the author of seven published collections of
poetry including the critically acclaimed The Caveat Onus (Black Widow Press
2009) and The Secret Brain: Selected Poems 1995 – 2012 (Black Widow Press
2012). He has been a guest on NPR radio as well as on PBS’ News Hour with Jim
Lehrer.
Contact James Maughn @
jamaughn@cabrillo.edu for more information
