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Clem Starck & Friends

Tolovana Arts Colony 3779 S. Hemlock, Cannon Beach, OR, United States

From Mountain Writers Series's website: Tolovana Arts Colony & Mountain Writers Series present an evening of poetry and music to celebrate the launch of Clem's new book of poetry Cathedrals & Parking Lots: Collected Poems Clem Starck Reading Poetry with Music by Fisher Poets Jon Broderick & Jay Speakman Friday, 7:00 PM, November 16, 2018 Tolovana Arts Colony 3779 S. Hemlock, Cannon Beach OR Suggested admission $5 Clemens Starck is a Princeton dropout, a former merchant seaman and reporter on Wall Street. He has worked at many jobs, but mostly as a union carpenter and construction foreman on the West Coast—San Francisco, British Columbia, and Oregon. His first book of poems, Journeyman’s Wages, received the 1996 Oregon Book Award as well as the William Stafford Memorial…

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Clemens Starck and Barbara Drake: New Poems

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

On Friday, February 15 at 7 pm, join poets Clemens Starck and Barbara Drake as they read from their new collections. In his early twenties, Clemens Starck dropped out of Princeton and decided to take responsibility for his own education—to read deeply, travel widely, and write poems with the precision and plainspoken-ness of the Chinese masters. Over the decades, he also kept his mind clear by making a living with his hands. Cathedrals & Parking Lots represents the work of a lifetime—poems of memorable clarity and substance based on actual experiences, whether standing lookout on the bow of a freighter, dismantling houses for a living, building a freeway overpass, or traveling to Russia and studying the language. Composed in the cadences of everyday speech, Starck’s…

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Poets GennaRose Nethercott & Clemens Starck

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

The Lumberjack’s Dove (Ecco) is a boldly original and visceral debut collection from GennaRose Nethercott, winner of the 2017 National Poetry Series Competition, selected by Louise Glück. Clemens Starck’s Cathedrals and Parking Lots: Collected Poems (Empty Bowl) represents the work of a lifetime – poems of memorable clarity and substance based on actual experiences.

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Peach Blossom Poetry Series: Clemens Starck

Lan Su Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett St, Portland, OR, United States

Chinese gardens in China and Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland are filled with poetic inscriptions: as text, calligraphy, engravings and plaques. Inspired by the culture of literature in Chinese gardens, prolific poets share their work with garden visitors every Saturday in April at 3 p.m. Included with Lan Su membership or admission; no registration is required. April 6 A. Molotkov April 13 Clemens Starck April 20 Stella Jeng Guillory April 27 Joni Renee Whitworth About the Presenters: Born in Russia, A. Molotkov moved to the US in 1990 and switched to writing in English in 1993. His poetry collections are The Catalog of Broken Things, Application of Shadows, and Synonyms for Silence (Acre Books/Cincinnati Review, 2019). Published by Kenyon, Iowa, Antioch, Massachusetts, Atlanta, Bennington and…

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