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This evening
City Lights Bookstore held a
joint reading by local contributors to the current issues of
Granta &
Zyzzyva. About 35 good-natured & attentive listeners fit themselves into the upstairs poetry room.
Oscar Villalon &
Laura Cogan of
Zyzzyva introduced the authors.
Daniel Alarcón read from his piece in
Granta 118 about witnessing a street brawl in South America. He also told us about
Radio Ambulante, started by him & his wife, which he described as "
This American Life in Spanish & for a trans-national audience."
Herbert Gold read the 1st 2 pages of "
Melinda, Doing Her Best", & he did a good job making us curious about the aloof title character.
Dean Rader read a selection of his poems, including his "
Self Portrait as Wikipedia Entry." Though he claimed it was "riddled with inaccuracies," he did show us his broken pinky finger.
![Zyzzyva meets Granta, 02.07.2012 Poster for Zyzzyva & Granta event at City Lights Bookstore.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_upAJ4S76DfqPWAuDRBryKLVS-gdj5XNsAeF0AtVJaVQH_bHAtOe0zK5RXdor774pdJT9kDHO9a5oIyt6f7sQQvmjISCi4CpR6skgg6lFOoQyWx_Ah5CgqPjYVzmCn74JYy8KJ20WCWvYtePax_2aB_iEPLg3iT=s0-d)
The readings were over in a tight 40 minutes. Mr. Gold was the first of the writers to arrive, & when he noticed a small table set with wine bottles & plastic cups, he asked his host guilelessly, "Is that wine just for display?" I suppose City Lights can be forgiven for misspelling "Zyzzyva" on their posters &
event Web page.
§ Zyzzyva Meets Granta
Readings at City Lights Bookstore
Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 7:00 P.M.
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