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Rae Armantrout, Poet - Reading and Book Signing

Presented by Center for Literary Arts San Jose State University at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library

February 15, 2012

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Rae Armantrout is the author of eleven books of poetry, including the forthcoming Money Shot, and the 2009 collection Versed, which received both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her collection Next Life was a New York Times Notable Book of 2007. She is the recipient of awards from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and ...More

Rae Armantrout, Poet - Reading and Book Signing

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	Dr. Suess Story Time Presented by Burlingame Library Foundation at Burlingame Public Library March 3, 2012 This special story time, held in the Children's Room of the Burlingame Public Library, will include stories and songs in celebration of Dr. Suess's birthday. Dr. Suess Story Time Presented by Burlingame Library Foundation at Burlingame Public Library March 3, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	Soar with Books - Preschool Reading Program Presented by Hiller Aviation Museum at Hiller Aviation Museum March 3, 2012 Hiller Aviation Museum presents Soar with Books, a preschool reading program on select Saturdays. It includes a special tour, aviation book reading time, and a craft project for aviators ages 3-5. No reservations are necessary. Sign-up in person on the morning of the program. Soar with Books - Preschool Reading Program Presented by Hiller Aviation Museum at Hiller Aviation Museum March 3, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	Fault Zone... Stepping Up to the Edge - California Writers Club, Contributors Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books March 4, 2012 Join Christopher Wachlin, Tory Hartmann, and other contributors from the San Francisco and Peninsula Branch of the California Writers Club as they discuss the anthology Fault Zone. Published novelists David Hirzel, Audrey Kalman, Elise Frances Miller, Keith deFolo, and Diane Moomey all have stories in Fault Zone: Stepping Up to the Edge. Other authors are Carole J. Bumpus, Bridget Burke, California Senior Poet Lauriate Jo Carpignano, Ann Foster, Darlene Frank, Fault Zone... Stepping Up to the Edge - California Writers Club, Contributors Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books March 4, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	The Wayfinders with Wade Davis, Explorer - Wallace Stegner Lecture Series Presented by Peninsula Open Space Trust at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts March 5, 2012 Come listen to Wade Davis' dynamic lecture The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World. A National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, Davis travels the globe to live with indigenous people and document their cultural practices. He has collected thousands of botanical specimens along the way and is passionate about preserving cultural as well as biologic diversity. Art and science mix equally in his spellbinding presentations. Personal and The Wayfinders with Wade Davis, Explorer - Wallace Stegner Lecture Series Presented by Peninsula Open Space Trust at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts March 5, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)