Shelley Savren

Spring Reading Tour

Shelley Savren’s book, THE COMMON FIRE, was published by Red Hen Press in 2004. The Midwest Book Review writes: “THE COMMON FIRE showcases this remarkable talent and will aptly serve to introduce a whole new audience of readers to a storytelling poetry.” Marge Piercy writes: Shelley Savren’s poems in THE COMMON FIRE are warm and direct, full of the stuff of daily life, family life, joy and pleasure and grief and pain we can all identify with in poems that carry a strong emotional weight.” Li-Young Lee writes: “These are poems of earnest storytelling and fond description. Nostalgia for gone worlds and affection for the evanescing present are the subjects and inspirations for this volume. A pleasure to read.”

Saturday, January 8, 2005

The Carnegie Art Museum, 424 South ‘C’ Street, Oxnard, CA 93030. ($3) Featured with Laurel Ann Bogan. Time: 7:00 p.m. Host: Jackson Wheeler Contact: (805) 385-8157.

Monday, January 10, 2005

Barnes and Noble, Hazard Center Dr., #163 and Friars Road, San Diego, CA 93108 Time: 7:00 p.m. (open mic to follow). Host: Seretta Martin. Contact: wordsoup@juno.com or (619) 220-0175.

Friday, January 28, 2005

D.G. Wills Books, 7461 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, CA 92037. Time: 7:00 p.m. Host: Dennis Wills. Contact: dwills@san.rr.com or (858) 456-1800.

Sunday, January 30, 2005

Dutton’s Brentwood Bookstore, 11975 San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049.
Featured with Florence Weinberger. Time: 2:00 p.m. Host: Lise Friedman. Contact: (310) 476-6263.

Tuesday, February 1, 2005

Temple Beth Torah, 7620 Foothill Road, Ventura, CA 93004. Time: 7:30 p.m. Host: Rabbi Lisa Hochberg-Miller. Contact: 647-4181.

Saturday, February 5, 2005

The Artists’ Union Gallery, 330 South California Street, Ventura, CA 93001. ($10 fundraiser). Featured with 15 poets. Time: 7:00 p.m. Hosts: Phil Taggart and Marsha de la O. Contact: Ptagg@aol.com.

Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Coffee Cartel, 1820 South Catalina Avenue, Redondo Beach, CA 90277. Time: 8:00 p.m. (open mic to follow). Host: Larry Colker Contact: larry@redondopoets.com.

Monday, February 21, 2005

Bird & Beckett Books, 2788 Diamond Street, San Francisco, CA 94131. Featured with Joan Marie Wood. Time: 7:30 p.m. Host: Eric Whittington. Contact: birdbeckett@sbcglobal.net or (415) 587-3733.

Tuesday, February 22, 2005

The Live Wire Literary Salon at Zebulon’ Lounge, 21 Fourth Street, Petaluma, CA 94952. Time: 7:00 p.m. (open mic to follow). Host: Nancy Long. Contact: nsasha@earthlink.net. or (707) 769-7948.

Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Sacred Grounds Café, 2095 Hayes St., San Francisco, CA 94117. Time: 7:00 p.m. (open mic to follow). Host: Jehanah Wedgwood. Contact: jehanah@webtv.net or (415) 346-0347.

Thursday, February 24, 2004

KPOO Non-Profit Radio Station, 89.5 FM San Francisco, CA. Time: 3:00 p.m. Host: Dave Whitaker. Contact: dmndv@hotmail.com.

Thursday, February 24, 2005

Luna’s Café, 1414 16th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. Time: 8:00 p.m. (open mic to follow). Host: Frank Andrick. Contact: fandrickfabpub@hotmail.com or (916) 441-3931.

Thursday, March 3, 2005

Adventures for Kids, 3457 Telegraph Road, Ventura, CA 93003. Featured with Claudia Reder. Time: 7:00 p.m. Host: Jody Shapiro. Contact: (805) 650-9688.

Wednesday, March 9, 2005

Fresno City College, 15259 Weldon Avenue, Fresno, CA 93701. Time: Noon. Host: Lee Herrick. Contact: leeherrick@fresnocitycollege.edu or (559) 442-4600, ext. 8105.

Thursday, March 10, 2005

Odyssey Books, 11989 Sutton Way, Grass Valley, CA 95945. Featured with Will Staple. Time: 7:00 p.m. Host: Kim Carrow. Contact: odysseybooks2003@yahoo.com or (530) 477-2856.

Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Sherman Oaks Library, 14245 Moorpark Street, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423. Time: 7:00 p.m. Host: Jane Dobija. Contact: Jdobija@yahoo.com or (818) 205-9716.

Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Sky World Poetry Series at Hunters Landing Coffee Company, 601 Tefft Street, Nipomo, CA 93444. Time: 7:00 p.m. Host: Margaret Lange. Contact: (805) 929-1624.

Thursday March 30 – Saturday, April 2, 2005

Associated Writing Programs Conference, Fairmount and Hyatt Regency Hotels, Vancouver, B.C. Signing at the Red Hen Press Exhibit Table. Contact: conference@awpwriter.org or (703) 993-4301.

Monday, April 4, 2005

Ventura College, Fireside Lounge, 4667 Telegraph Road, Ventura, CA 93003. Time: 5:30 p.m. Host: Gwendolyn Alley. Contact: galley@vcccd.net.

Saturday, April 9, 2005

Poetry Zone at The Karpeles Manuscript Library, 21 W. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Time: 2:30 p.m. Host: Virginia Mariposa. Contact: dalearth@earthlink.net or (805) 967-6044.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 49959. Time: 8:00 p.m. Host: Eric Torgersen. Contact: (989) 774-3171.

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Mac’s Backs Bookstore, 1820 Coventry Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118. Featured with Mary Weens. Time: 7:00 p.m. Host: Suzanne Degaetono. Contact: Suzanne@macsbacks.com or (216) 321-2665.

Thursday, April 14, 2005

Notre Dame College, 4545 College Road, South Euclid, OH 44121. Time: 7:00 p.m. Host: Karen Zoller. Contact: kzoller@ndc.edu or (216) 373-5266.

Monday, April 18, 2005

Larry’s Bar, 2040 North High Street. Columbus, OH 43201. Time: 7:00 p.m. Host: Steve Abbott. Contact: sabbott7@columbus.rr.com or (614) 268-5506.

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Lakeland Community College, Performing Arts Center, 7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirkland, OH 44090. Time: 12:30 p.m. Host: Bob Coughlin and Kathy Fink. Contact: kfink@lakelandcc.edu or (440) 525-7310.

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

MetrOdeum Literary Reading Forum, Cuyahoga Community College, Student Center Lounge, Metropolitan Campus, 2900 Community College Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115. Time: 3:00 p.m. Host: Christy Okocha. Contact: Christie.Okocha@tri-c.edu or (216) 987-4539.

Friday, May 6, 2005

Poetry And Pizza, 333 Bush Street, 94104. ($5 donation). Featured with Susan Sibbet.
Hosts: Katharine Harer and Clive Matson. Contact: poetryandpizza@yahoo.com.

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Carlsbad Library, 1250 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008. Time: 7:00 p.m. Host: Joe Milosh. Contact: (760) 437-2870.

Thursday, May 19, 2005

WUSB Radio Station 90.1 FM New York, NY. Time: 6:00 p.m. Host: George Wallace. Contact: Poetrybay@aol.com.

Friday, May 20, 2005

Huntington Poetry Barn, High Street and Route 110, Huntington Village, Long Island, NY 11743. (open mic to follow). Time: 8:00 p.m. Host: George Wallace. Contact: Poetrybay@aol.com.

Saturday, May 21, 2005

The Ear Inn, 326 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013. Time: 3:00 p.m. Host: Michael Broder and Jason Schneiderman. Contact: earinnpoetry@mbroder.com or (718) 797-3903.

Also in May, 2005

Chapters A Literary Bookstore, 445 11th St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004.
(date, time and additional information to be announced)

Also in Spring, 2005

California State University Channel Islands, One University Drive, Camarillo, CA 93012.
(date, time and additional information to be announced)

Thursday, September 15, 2005

The Spoken Word Salon, Zoey’s Café, 451 E. Main Street, Ventura, CA 93001. Time: 7:30 p.m. Host: Gwendolyn Alley. Contact: gally@vcccd.net.

The COMMON FIRE will be available for purchase and signings at all of the above readings. For more information about Shelley Savren or THE COMMON FIRE visit www.redhen.org or contact events@redhen.org or poets@jetlink.net.