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Christina Lloyd

Sixteen Rivers Press: Christina Lloyd, Murray Silverstein, Alice Templeton

19 MAY 2024 — sunday

Poetry Flash presents a Sixteen Rivers Press poetry reading with Christina Lloyd, Women Twice Removed, Murray Silverstein, Red Studio, and Alice Templeton, The Infinite Field, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 3:00 pm PDT (poetryflash.org).


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MORE ABOUT THE READERS

Christina Lloyd's new book of poems is Women Twice Removed. Caroline Goodwin says, ""In [this] haunting and extraordinary collection, we experience the search for a true ancestral home. Where does the speaker end and the (grandm)other begin? Which is the language of connection and which of separation? From squid ink to paintings to feral cats to sculptures to mummies to family portraits, these poems navigate the tensions and energies that exist across cultures and through deep time. With a deftness and specificity that is both gorgeous and arresting, they sing out over a familiar meadow, inviting us to remember our own versions of 'a finger cut so deep // it became a gill.'" Christina Lloyd holds a PhD in creative writing from Lancaster University, and her work has appeared in publications including Poetry Daily, Poet Lore, The Crab Creek Review, and EcoTheo. She lives in San Francisco.

Murray Silverstein's new book of poems is Red Studio. Naomi Shihab Nye says, "Somehow he can 'soothe us with the solace of eternity' and exquisitely prescient present-ness more than just about anyone else. These are terrific poems! Red Studio is a full embrace." His previous collections are Any Old Wolf (2007), winner of the Independent Publisher's Bronze Medal for Poetry, and Master of Leaves (2014). Widely published in journals, including Rattle, ZYZZYVA, and Nimrod, he was an architect for forty years and co-authored four books on architecture, including A Pattern Language and Patterns of Home. He lives in Oakland, California.

Alice Templeton's new book of poems is The Infinite Field. D.A. Powell says, "…Templeton's poems…possess a dreamlike beauty, haunted—or I should say inhabited—by memories of childhood, family, spiritual community, and the culverts, creeks, and rivers of Tennessee. I think of these poems as quilts, arrangements of the remnants of the past put into fresh and surprising combinations: No matter where they go, they carry the texture and warmth of home." Her poems and short stories have appeared in Asheville Poetry Review, Bellingham Review, Calyx, North American Review, Poetry, and elsewhere. She is also the author of a critical book on Adrienne Rich's poetics, and scholarly articles on contemporary poetics, cultural criticism, and literary theory. Originally from Tennessee, Alice Templeton lives in Point Richmond, California.




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