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Clearly Meant presents Jan Steckel. Jan will read her poetry then sit for an interview with host Glenn Ingersoll.
Jan Steckel is an Oakland poet, bi, disabled and Jewish. Her book The Horizontal Poet won a 2012 Lambda Literary Award for poetry. Like Flesh Covers Bone won two Rainbow Awards. Among her other books are the fiction chapbook Mixing Tracks and poetry chapbook The Underwater Hospital. Her collection of short stories, Ghosts and Oceans, was published by Zeitgeist Press in 2023. Thaisa Frank describes Jan's work this way: "Both the lush musicality and startling imagination invite the reader to travel in tilted and surprising worlds."
Jan Steckel will read her poetry, then sit for an interview with host Glenn Ingersoll. There will be time for audience discussion as well.
A chapbook of poems will be available at all library branches for the month before the reading. Please pick one up!
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Authors, Books & Writing |
Wheelchair accessible. Request sign language interpreter, real-time captioning, materials in large print, braille, or other accommodations by calling 510-981-6195 (Library) or the 510-981-6347 (City of Berkeley TDD line). Please refrain from scented products during public programs.
Many library programs are funded by the generous support of the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library. Thank you, Friends!
