JACK MARSHALL

Thursday, January 8 at 7:30 pm

reading & booksigning

  Introspective and engaged, Jack Marshall's new book of poetry, Steel Veil, weds timely depictions of Middle Eastern widows "behind veils heavy / as the steel / veil of empire" with timeless expressions of personal grief and political outrage. Invoking visionary possibilities of being, Marshall's distinctive voice and elegant lyrics unite this muscled, multilayered collection.

Born in 1936 to Jewish parents who emigrated from Iraq and Syria, Jack Marshall grew up in New York and now lives in California. He is the author of a memoir, From Baghdad to Brooklyn, and several poetry collections that have received the PEN Center USA Award, two Northern California Book Awards, and a nomination from the National Book Critics Circle.

RODES FISHBURNE

Tuesday, January 13 at 7:30 pm

reading & booksigning

  The bestselling novelist James Patterson said of Rhodes Fishburne’s debut novel, “Going to See the Elephant will delight anybody who has ever written a first novel, wanted to write a first novel, and especially those who cherish reading unforgettable first novels. It is both funny and wise.” Come celebrate with family and friends the emergence of a new local literary talent.

Rodes Fishburne has been published in the New Yorker, the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, and Forbes ASAP, where he was the editor of the acclaimed “Big Issue,” an annual magazine of literary essays from leading writers and thinkers. He is a member of the Grotto, a San Francisco writers’ collective.