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Oct.03.2012
  Much-esteemed poet Sharon Olds, formerly the Poet Laureate of New York State and a faculty member at New York University and the Squaw Valley Community of Writers, will be reading in downtown San Jose tomorrow.  Those of you who snicker at the term ‘downtown San Jose’ might note that it...
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Feb.11.2012
As the Poetry Foundation states:  Sharon Olds is one of contemporary poetry’s leading voices. Winner of several prestigious awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Award, Olds is known for writing intensely personal, emotionally scathing poetry which graphically depicts family life...
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Sep.13.2011
I’ve never been to Turkey or Israel.  This fall we're taking a cruise that rectrifies that, starting in Istanbul and ending in Barcelona.  Here’s the itinerary: Oct 01  Istanbul, Turkey Oct 02  Istanbul, Turkey Oct 03 Ephesus (Kusadasi), Turkey Oct 04 Patmos,...
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Sep.06.2011
    The workshop on October 6, 2011, from 1:00-4:00 with Jane Hirshfield is FULL. If you would like to be on the waiting list, send a check for $100 made out to Poetry Center San Jose to: Erica Goss, 21559 Santa Ana Road, Los Gatos, CA 95033. (Checks will be returned if spaces do...
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Sep.01.2011
         Through Poetry Center San Jose, Jane will be giving a workshop on October sixth in San Jose, CA.  Although it’s pricey ($100 for PCSJ members, $120 for non members if available) it should fill up quickly, so potential member-enrollees should mail in checks...
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Aug.08.2011
Poetry Center San Jose is pleased to present an evening of poetry with Jane Hirshfield (October 6, 7:00 p.m., Le Petit Trianon in San Jose).  Hirshfield's latest book of poems, Come, Thief, will be released in August 2011. Her collection After was named a "best book of 2006" by The...