Kundiman & Verlaine Reading Series

Come join us for a night of potent poetry and fruity libation featuring readings by:

Oliver de la Paz, Denise Galang, & Kristin Naca

Open Bar 4:00-5:00pm
$5 suggested donation

Poets' Bios:
Oliver de la Paz is the author of three collections of poetry: Names Above Houses, Furious Lullaby, and most recently, Requiem for the Orchard. His work has appeared in journals such as The Black Warrior Review, The Southern Review, and Tin House. He is a recipient of grants from NYFA and the Artists’ Trust of Washington, and he co-chairs the Kundiman advisory board. He teaches creative writing at Western Washington University.

Kristin Naca was born and raised in the D. C. metro area. Since, she has lived in numerous cities across the country, including Seattle, Pittsburgh, and San Antonio. Naca’s first collection of poems, Bird Eating Bird, was selected for the National Poetry Series mtvU Prize in 2008 and appears with Harper Perennial. The same collection was named finalist for the Audre Lorde Prize and Lambda Literary Award. She teaches creative writing, Latino and Asian American Poetry at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is a long-time member of the Macondo Writers’ Workshop in San Antonio, Texas.

Denise Galang is a native New Yorker of Filipino descent. She received an MFA at Brooklyn College. Her poetry has been published in Brooklyn Review, Poetry in Performance, and Maganda Literary Journal. Other projects include her blog, Being Home, a chapbook titled Split Island, and the daily work of tempering her temper around her three-year-old. Mother to two and teacher to scores of eighth-graders, she subsists on words, bread, family, and some booze.