Poet Allen Braden coming to La Canada Flintridge July 17

Moonday East would like to announce the feature for the month of July, celebrated Washington State poet, Allen Braden. The reading will take place on Sunday, July 17th, 2011 at 2 pm at the beautiful Flintridge Bookstore in La Cañada, CA.



Moonday is hosted by Alice Pero and Lois P. Jones. The East Side reading occurs on the 3th Sunday of every month from 2 to 4 pm. There will be a feature and open mic. Come early to sign up for the open. Find future features at: www.moondaypoetry.com



Allen Braden is the author of A Wreath of Down and Drops of Blood (University of Georgia) and Elegy in the Passive Voice (University of Alaska/Fairbanks), winner of the Midnight Sun Chapbook Contest. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and from Artist Trust of Washington State as well as the Emerging Writers Prize from Witness magazine, the Grolier Poetry Prize, the Dana Award in Poetry and other honors. Former poet-in-residence for the Poetry Center and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he lives in Lakewood, Washington.



Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse is located at 1010 Foothill Blvd., La Canada Flintridge CA 91011, at the intersection of Foothill Blvd. and the Angeles Crest Highway. Take the Angeles Crest exit off of the 210, and turn south toward Foothill Blvd. Parking is in the rear of the store. For more information, call (818) 790-0717.