On Saturday, February the 25th, William Winfield Wright will be coming out to California for the first Wormwood Chapbooks poetry reading. This is an incredibly special event. Not only will Cosmonauts be, finally, unveiled for the public to obtain, but Wright himself will be orating sections of it as well as portions of Bird Feet, his second chapbook -- slated to release in the summer of 2012.
Now that you all have some background, I'd like to take some time to give thanks to the English Department of Cal Poly Pomona. The poetry night will be taking place in a room called Orion C, which is located in the Bronco Student Center. Cal Poly does not allow rooms to be occupied free of charge to people or associations who are not affiliated with Cal Poly-run clubs; however, the English Department of Cal Poly has agreed to front the room rental (which would have come out to be about half the cost of a print run) and will be providing beverages and other accommodations for the night. So, on behalf of the AFL staff, I'd just like to say thank you from the bottom of our hearts; we could not host this special night without your support. As Liam Corley has said time after time -- taking from the words of Auden -- "poetry exists in the valley of its making." The Cal Poly English Department -- especially Liam, Alison, Maria, and Liliane -- have provided a valley for which poetry can exist. Thank you all so much.
So, please, if you live in Southern California, stop on by and support us and William Winfield Wright. It's going to be an amazing night of poetry.
Regards,
JF
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