EAST WIND BOOKS READING, BERKELEY

EVENT REPORT

Maraming Salamat to Maganda Magazine and Eastwind Books for sponsoring today's reading with Barbara Jane Reyes and Arlene Biala. It was such a pleasure to read with Arlene and Barbara (thanks for the idea and inviting me, Barbara), and of course it didn't hurt that Erika of the fabulous KROAKLAND was the one fortuitously to helm the bookstore that day, which is to say, a fabulous platter of  her Kanom Krok was available for snacks.  Kanom Krok is  specialty Thai dessert made from coconut milk, rice flour, sugar, and salt. As well, it is vegan and gluten-free.  Here's Erika:

Wait, this report was about the poetry reading ... gotta get moi brain out of the food gutter.  So, here are pics of the lovely event! (Click on images to enlarge.)

Attendees included Marian Cordon, Edwin Lozada, Arlene, Barbara, Moi, 

Ryan Kitchell, and Joeminel Docuyanan

INVENT(ST)ORY and other books by Eileen: NOTA BENE EISWEIN, SUN STIGMATA and REPRODUCTIONS OF THE EMPTY FLAGPOLE

A crowd of other writers!

Arlene! So honored she has my book!

Marian and Joeminel of Maganda did Intros.

With Veronica Montes and Oscar Bermeo

Barbara and Arlene check out the bookshelves of "Asian American Literature," 

including close-ups below:

I am grateful Eastwind is stocking so many of my books, as well as books I've published through Meritage Press, including books by Luis H. Francia, Jean Vengua, Aileen Ibardaloza and Karen Llagas.  Check out all these lovely offerings in Berkeley!

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THE EVENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT

Eileen Tabios will read with Barbara Jane Reyes and Arlene Biala!

Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015, 3 p.m.
East Wind Books
2066 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 548-2350

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Information about the three authors -- who've all just released new books -- is available if you click on their names:

Arlene Biala

Barbara Jane Reyes

Eileen R. Tabios

"WRITERS ON WRITING" at SF STATE

EVENT REPORT

Eileen R. Tabios appeared at San Francisco State University's "Writers on Writing" series to read poetry and discuss creative writing.   Here are photos from the wonderful and wonderfully-engaged event:

(Poet-professor Robert Gluck presents Introduction)

(Some students in line for the book signing)

(Ruth from Modern Times supports the book sales!)

Prior to the event, here was info from SF State's website:

Writers on Writing: Eileen Tabios

Monday, November 2, 2015, 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Eileen Tabios reads from and discusses her collection of poems, prose and visual poetry, The Light Sang As It Left Your Eyes: OurAutobiography (Marsh Hawk Press). Free.

Location: 

Humanities Building, Humanities Auditorium

Sponsor: 

Creative Writing Department

Contact: 

Creative Writing Department

E-mail: 

cwriting@sfsu.edu

Phone: 

415-338-1891

Event extras: 

Tabios has written 19 poetry collections an art essay collection, a poetry essay/interview anthology and a short-story collection. In her poetry, she has crafted a body of work that is unique for melding ekphrasis with transcolonialism, and her poems have been translated into Spanish, Italian, Tagalog and Japanese.

The Creative Writing Department opens its Writers on Writing course to the public on Mondays this semester. Taught by Robert Glück, the course features faculty and visiting writers reading from their works and discussing their creative process.