Omnidawn Group Reading

Join Omnidawn published authors for an evening of readings from their new works.

C. Violet Eaton is the editor of Bestoned and Rural Harmonics, and the author of a chapbook, No Outside Force Can Harm the Coyote. He lives in Arkansas with his wife, the poet Sara Nicholson. He sells used & rare books. Some Habits is the winner of the 2013 Omnidawn Open Poetry Book Prize.

Claudia Keelan is the author of six books of poetry, most recently O, Heart. Her honors include the Beatrice Hawley Award from Alice James Books and The Jerome Shestack Prize from the American Poetry Review. Truth of My Songs: The Poems of the Trobairitz is her first book of translation, in which she translates anonymous 13th century poems of the women troubadours. She is Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she edits Interim. She lives in the desert south of Las Vegas with her husband, poet Donald Revell, and their children Benjamin Brecht and Lucie Ming.

Richard O. Moore, author of Particulars of Place is one of the early poets centered around Kenneth Rexroth. He made a career in broadcasting as co-founder of the first U.S. listener-sponsored radio station, KPFA. He is also an important cinéma vérité filmmaker, having directed such works as the 10-part series USA: Poetry. Moore's first book, Writing the Silences, was published in 2010 by the University of California. At age 95, he continues to write and lives in Mill Valley, California

Donald Revell, author of Essay: A Critical Memoir, is Professor of English & Graduate Studies Director at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has published twelve books of poetry including his latest, Tantivy, from Alice James Books. Donald Revell's translations include The Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud, and A Season in Hell by Arthur Rimbaud, both of which were published by Omnidawn. A Season in Hell won the PEN USA Translation Award. His books of essays include Invisible Green: Selected Prose, published by Omnidawn. He serves as poetry editor of Colorado Review. Revell lives in the desert south of Las Vegas with his wife, poet Claudia Keelan, and their children Benjamin Brecht and Lucie Ming.

Susan Terris, author of Memos, is the editor of Spillway and a poetry editor for Pedestal Magazine and In Posse Review. Her poetry books include Ghost of Yesterday: New & Selected Poems, The Homelessness of Self, Contrariwise, Natural Defenses, Fire is Favorable to the Dreamer, Poetic License, and Eye of the Holocaust. Her work has appeared in many publications including Colorado Review, Denver Quarterly, The Iowa Review, FIELD, The Journal, Prairie Schooner, The Southern Review, Volt, and Ploughshares. For seven years, with CB Follett, she edited Runes: A Review Of Poetry. She had a poem from Field published in Pushcart Prize XXXI.

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51 Tamal Vista Blvd
Corte Madera, CA 94925
Some Habits By C. Violet Eaton Cover Image
$17.95
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ISBN: 9781632430045
Published: Omnidawn - April 7th, 2015

Truth of My Songs: Poems of the Trobairitz By Claudia Keelan Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781632430021
Published: Omnidawn - April 7th, 2015

Particulars of Place By Richard O. Moore, Garrett Caples (Editor), Brenda Hillman (Editor), Paul Ebenkamp (Editor), Cedar Sigo (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Richard O. Moore, Garrett Caples (Editor), Brenda Hillman (Editor), Paul Ebenkamp (Editor), Cedar Sigo (Introduction by)
$17.95
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ISBN: 9781632430052
Published: Omnidawn - April 7th, 2015

Essay: A Critical Memoir By Donald Revell Cover Image
$17.95
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ISBN: 9781632430014
Published: Omnidawn - April 7th, 2015