Tower Of Books (sigh)

On Saturday, October 1st, 7:30p.m., I will be reading with other poets featured in The Pedestal Magazine at Beyond Baroque in Venice. Having just come from an extremely sparsely attended reading by the California Poet Laureate, I’m hoping there will be an audience. I’m not used to attending anything sparsely attended, whether indie film, chamber orchestra or poetry related. Even the tiniest of writing conferences I’ve attended were never sparsely attended. In the sprawling, insanely-well-inhabited metropolis that is Los Angeles, in the sprawl housing a small world of poets and writers, I expected more bodies tonight (especially in the upscale Grunge part of town!). So, because you missed tonight’s poetry reading, here’s a link to the Magic Poetry Blimp and here’s a link to the California Poet Laureate. And here’s a link to Beyond Baroque (again) and if you happen to be in Venice on 10/1, meet me by those towers of fake books and say: Hey, PB! (but not in verse)