Mary Fitzpatrick and Lana Hechtman Ayers coming to Flintridge Bookstore in October

Moonday East would like to announce two features for the month of October, Mary Fitzpatrick & Lana Hechtman Ayers. The reading will take place on Sunday, October 16, 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



Mary Fitzpatrick is a fourth-generation Angeleno. Her poems have been featured in Atlanta Review and North American Review as contest finalists, have been finalists in the 2010 Beyond Baroque and Inkwell Poetry Contests, and have been published in journals, including Agenda (UK), The Dos Passos Review, ASKEW, The Georgetown Review, and on-line by Writers at Work.



Lana Hechtman Ayers, originally from New York, made her way to the Pacific Northwest via New Hampshire where she obtained an MFA in Poetry from New England College and a Masters in Counseling from Antioch. She is poetry editor of the literary journal Crab Creek Review and runs two chapbook presses, Concrete Wolf and MoonPath Press. Ayers is author of two chapbooks and three full-length poetry collections, of which the latest is A New Red, a novel in verse. Lana lives with her husband and seven black and white fur babies on the Kitsap Peninsula across the Puget Sound from Seattle.



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.