We’re thrilled to kick off a busy fall of talks, readings, workshops, and other celebrations at NBLA with a Sunday afternoon of poetry featuring the inimitable poet, editor, teacher, and translator Gillian Conoley. Please join us!

• FREE and open to the public – your RSVP helps with planning

• Light refreshments and amazing poetry served in equal measure

• A beautiful letterpress broadside of new work by Gillian will be available

The author of ten collections, Gillian Conoley’s most recent books are Notes from the Passenger (2023) and A little More Red Sun on the Human (2019), both published with Nightboat Books. The latter won the 39th annual Northern California Book Award in 2020. Other awards include the Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, the Jerome J. Shestack Poetry Prize, a National Endowment for the Arts grant, and a Fund for Poetry Award.

Gillian is a long-time Bay Area resident and was for many years a beloved professor of creative writing at Sonoma State University. She is the founding editor of VOLT magazine and translator of three books by Henri Michaux, published as Thousand Times Broken by City Lights. Gillian’s poetry is a riveting mix of ancient pleasures and contemporary concerns; we hope you can join us for this terrific, in-person event, part of NBLA’s ongoing reading series showcasing the work and talents of contemporary poets. [https://www.gillianconoley.com/]