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Houston Poetry Fest 2007

HOUSTON POETRY FEST 2007 OCTOBER 11-14

Presents: UHD Visiting Poet

Martha Serpas

Martha Serpas is the author of two poetry collections: The Dirty Side of the Storm (Norton) and Côte Blanche (New Issues). A native of Galliano, Louisiana, she has taught at Yale Divinity School, the University of Houston, and the University of Tampa, where she is currently an associate professor of English. Her publications include The New Yorker, The Nation, Southwest Review, and Christian Century. The Dirty Side of the Storm is an evocative meditation on destruction and creation along Louisiana's coast. Her poems venerate and bear witness to the eroding bayou country and its Cajun culture.

Praise for Côte Blanche: “Like Elizabeth Bishop, her strong precursor, Martha Serpas practices a severely chastened art of poetry . . . I am moved to prophesy a considerable poetic development for her.” –Harold Bloom


“Lucid, yet luscious; rich, yet modest; full of spiritual insight, yet empty of bossy certainty, Serpas’s book of love and death in a Louisiana landscape is as savory and abundant as the rhythms she employs.” –Molly Peacock

Houston Poetry Fest 2007

Schedule of Readings

All Readings Free of Charge, Open to the Public  

Thursday, October 11
7:00 p.m. Reading by UHD Visiting Poet MARTHA SERPAS
Location: UHD Academic Bldg A-436

Friday, October 12
8:00 p.m. Readings by UHD Visiting Poet MARTHA SERPAS,
Guest Poet LEAH LAX

Location: Willow Street Pump Station
811 North San Jacinto St., north of Buffalo Bayou
on the east side of the campus of the University of Houston-Downtown

Saturday, October 13
9:30 - 11:30 a.m. POETRY WORKSHOP
$10 donation requested for participation
Location: Willow Street Pump Station

2:00 - 5:00 p.m. OPEN READING - Hosted by Robert Clark
Location: Willow Street Pump Station

7:30 p.m. Readings by Guest Poet SYBIL ESTESS,
Featured Poet CAROL COTTEN.
Location: Willow Street Pump Station

Sunday, October 14
2:00 p.m. Reading by Guest Poet EDUARDO ESPINA
Location: Willow Street Pump Station

“Poetry Out of Bounds” Open Mic Readings (Off-Campus):

Saturday, October 6
4:00pm – Hosted by Brian Swain
Location: Barnes & Noble, 1029 W. Bay Area Blvd, Webster, TX.

Sunday, October 7
8:00pm – Hosted by Marie Brown
Location: The Artery, 5401 Jackson @ Prospect, Houston, TX (enter on Prospect)

Tuesday, October 9
8:00pm – Hosted by Ken Jones
Location: Borders – River Oaks, 3025 Kirby @ W. Alabama, Houston, TX.

Sponsored jointly by
Houston Poetry Fest (www.HoustonPoetryFest.net)

and

The University of Houston-Downtown
Department of English & Cultural Enrichment Center
College of Humanities & Social Sciences

For more information, contact Jane Creighton, creightonj@uhd.edu or 713-221-8295