SPC Special Saturday Reading

Tim Kahl reports that John Amen and Brad Henderson will be reading at the Sacramento Poetry Center(1719 25th Street) on Saturday, April 19 at 7:30 PM.

John Amen is the author of two collections of poetry: Christening the Dancer (Uccelli Press 2003) and More of Me Disappears (Cross-Cultural Communications 2005), and has released one folk/folk rock CD, All I’ll Never Need (Cool Midget 2004). His poetry has appeared in various journals and anthologies, including, most recently, Rattle, The New York Quarterly, The International Poetry Review, Gargoyle, and Blood to Remember. He is also an artist, working primarily with acrylics on canvas. His second CD, Ridiculous Empire, was just released (Spring 2008) and is now available for purchase. Amen travels widely giving readings, doing musical performances, and conducting workshops. He founded and continues to edit the award-winning literary bimonthly, The Pedestal Magazine.

Brad Henderson is the author of Drums: A Novel. He is the the co-author (with Andy Jones) of Split Stock [2006, John Natsoulas Press], and teaches in the University Writing Program at UC Davis. He has worked as a nightclub drummer, design engineer, cowboy, and corporate consultant. His friends sometimes refer to him as Mr. Yippy I. Oh, and he is the driving force behind the new literary movement of neo-cowboyism.

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