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ANDREW DEMCAK READS AT BOOKS INC. SF 04/21/09 

Here is a link to the MP3 audio of my reading at Books Inc. in the Castro, SF from Tuesday April 21, 2009

ANDREW DEMCAK @ BOOKS INC 04/2009

 

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Click on the image above to read and hear my new chapbook Pink Narcissus.

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ABOUT ANDREW DEMCAK:Andrew Demcak is an award-winning poet whose poetry has been widely published and anthologized both in print and on-line, and whose books have been featured at The Best American Poetry and Oranges & Sardines. His latest book, Zero Summer, was published by BlazeVOX [Books], NY, 2009. His work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Lambda Award, Thom Gunn Poetry Award, both the California and Northern California Book Awards, Best of the Web, and others. He has an M. F. A. in English/Creative Writing from St. Mary's College in Moraga, CA , where he studied with Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman, Michael Palmer, Carol Snow, Frank Bidart, Gary Snyder, Charles Wright, and Sharon Olds. Andrew is also a member of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers, where he studied with Galway Kinnell, Richard Howard, and Lucille Clifton. His poems, including Young Man With iPod (Poetry Midwest, #13), are taught at Ohio State University as part of both its English 110.02 class, "The Genius and the Madman," and in its "American Poetry Since 1945" class. At the age of 23, Andrew published his first chapbook, The Psalms (Big 23 Press), which was favorably reviewed by Dr. Clifton Snider in the Small Press Review (issue 226, vol. 23, no. 11.)  WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE ABOUT ANDREW DEMCAK (CLICK HERE) 

"Andrew Demcak," oil on canvas panel, 2008,

from The American Poets Series by Didi Menendez

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National & Local Events:

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1. Studio One Reading Series, FALL 2009 (TBA)

2. Diesel Books, Oakland, Poetry Flash Reading Series, TBA

3. Word Temple Poetry Series, TBA 

4. NPR Radio Interview/Reading (TBA Pending)

5. VH1 Video (TBA)

6. Other Venues TBA