Another Open Baithak on Oct 13, 6.30pm
Monica Mody
presents
BRUCE BERGER
Monday October 13, 6.30 pm
Vasant Vihar, New Delhi (Please call Aruni Kashyap at 999.946.2102 for
complete address and directions)
Bruce Berger is best known for his poety and essays exploring the
intersections of nature and culture. His poems have appeared in
"Poetry", "Barron's", "Orion" and various literary reviews, and have
been collected in "Facing the Music". He won the 2005 Colorado
Authors' League Award for Poetry and was a featured poet in "Light".
Berger grew up in suburban Chicago and graduated from Yale University
with a B. A. in English. During graduate work at the University of
California, Berkeley, wondering what Crater Lake looked like in the
snow, he chucked his books down the library chute and left academia.
He played piano professionally for three years in Spain, and more
recently has played benefit classical recitals in Mexico.
For more on his essay collections and books of prose, see www.bruceberger.net.
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We begin the evening with an OPEN READING. Poets and writers who are
interested in performing can sign up 6 pm onwards. Each performer gets
5 mins; 9 slots only. Be there!
CO-SPONSORED by the American Center, New Delhi
CONTACT openb...@gmail.com, arunik...@gmail.com, mri...@yahoo.com