Poetry with Judy Wells & Dale Jensen, Berkeley

Poetry with Judy Wells & Dale Jensen, Berkeley • August 21

Judy Wells has published eleven collections of poetry including:  I Dream of Circus Characters, Little Lulu Talks with Vincent Van Gogh, Call Home, and Everything Irish. She was recently honored to read at the San Francisco Crossroads Irish-American Festival from her latest collection, The Glass Ship, in which an imaginary woman sailing captain visits a series of magical, “other world” islands. Her works-in-progress include her New England to California Dickinson ancestor project and “Senior Moments: The Old People Monologues.”

Dale Jensen’s poetry, which is heavily influenced by the Surrealists and such cut-up writers as William Burroughs and Brion Gysin, has appeared in many magazines, journals, and anthologies. He has published six books and three chapbooks of poetry, including Purgatorial (2004), Cyclone Fence (2007), Oedipus’ First Lover (2009), Auto Bio (2010), and Yew Nork (2014).

7 pm on Friday, August 21, at Expressions Gallery, 2035 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley. There is also an open reading.