Can Poetry Matter in a Time of Drastic Uncertainty?

Tuesday, March 10, 12-2 pm

Salon Series Lecture and Discussion

On Zoom, presented through the Yolo County Arts Council

Virginia Festival of the Book Reading

March 17, 2022 - 4 PM

Reading from Ordinary Psalms

Charlottesville, VA

LIVE LAUNCH PARTY!!!

Thursday, April 7, 2022 - 8 PM

For Ordinary Psalms with special guest: Frank Gaspar

On the roof at Natsoulis Gallery, Davis, CA.

Frank Gaspar is the author of six collections of poetry and two novels. Among his many awards are the Morse, Anhinga, and Brittingham Prizes for poetry, multiple inclusions in Best American Poetry, four Pushcart Prizes, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Literature, and a California Arts Council Fellowship in poetry. His debut novel, Leaving Pico was a Barnes and Noble Discovery Prize winner, a recipient of the California Book Award for First Fiction and a New York Times Notable Book (paperback edition). His second novel Stealing Fatima was a MassBook of the Year in Fiction (Massachusetts Foundation for the Book). His work has appeared widely in magazines and literary journals, including The New Yorker, The Nation, The Harvard Review, The Hudson Review, The Kenyon Review, The Georgia Review, The American Poetry Review, The Southern Review, Prairie Schooner, The Tampa Review, and others. He teaches in the MFA Writing Program at Pacific University, Oregon.