Robert Pesich and Lara Gularte
read their poetry published in Bitter Oleander:
A Journal of Contemporary International & Short Fiction
Pesich featured with interview and poems in volume 14, number 2, Gularte featured in volume 20, number 2
Monday, February 23, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Sacramento Poetry Center
1719 25th St. (@ R), Sacramento, CA 95816
916-240-1897 www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com (free event)
Robert Pesich is the editor and publisher of Swan Scythe Press, President of Poetry Center San José and coordinator for The Well-RED Reading Series also in San José. He has received poetry fellowships from Arts Council Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley Community Foundation and was twice a Djerassi Resident Artist Fellow. His recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Bitter Oleander, Right Hand Pointing, Porter Gulch Review, The Redwood Coast Review, Arsenic Lobster, and Círculo de Poesía (Mexico City). An interview with Pesich including a selection of his work appears in The Bitter Oleander volume 14, number 2. Author of Burned Kilim (Dragonfly Press) his collection of poetry Night Sutures is in submission. He works as a research associate for Palo Alto Institute for Research and Education and also for Stanford University, Department of Infectious Diseases. He lives in Sunnyvale with his wife and two sons.
Lara Gularte is featured in the Autumn 2014 volume 20, number 2 issue of The Bitter Oleander. Her poetic work depicting her Azorean heritage is included in a book of essays called “Imaginários Luso-Americanos e Açorianos” by Vamberto Freitas. Her work can be found in The Gávea-Brown Book of Portuguese-American Poetry. Gularte earned an MFA degree from San Jose State University where she was a poetry editor for Reed Magazine, received the Anne Lillis Award for Creative Writing, and several Phelan Awards. She was a 2nd prize poetry contest winner for Empirical Magazine’s 2012 contest. Her work has appeared in such journals as The Bitter Oleander, California Quarterly, The Clackamas Review, Evansville Review, Permafrost, The Monserrat Review, The Water-Stone Review, The Fourth River, The Santa Clara Review, and she has been published by many national and regional anthologies. She is an assistant poetry editor for Narrative Magazine.
