The History and Practice of Experimental Poetics with Lucas Bailor This lecture will discuss experimental poetry’s history and the various ways it is interpreted in contemporary writing. Rather than working through a definition of what exactly experimental poetry is, we will look at ways it has been realized and interpreted in various historical, social, andContinue reading “The History and Practice of Experimental Poetics with Lucas Bailor”
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Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium presents Dan Linehan and Dane Cervine
The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Presents: Dan Linehan and Dane Cervine Sunday, April 8, 2:00 p.m. $5.00 Admission Old Capitol Books, 559 Tyler Street, Monterey (between Pearl and Munras)
Theory & Philosophy 34: Henry David Thoreau on Nature
Part of a series of events for National Poetry Month POSTPONED – now scheduled for May 4th. Old Capitol Books and the Direct Action Monterey Network are coming together for the thirty-fourth iteration of the Theory & Philosophy Reading Group, working through a mini-series on Environmental Philosophy. At the end of April, we’ll come togetherContinue reading “Theory & Philosophy 34: Henry David Thoreau on Nature”
First Fridays! Featuring CSUMB Literary Journal, In the Ords!
The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Presents: Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs & John Laue
The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Presents: Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs & John Laue Sunday, March 11, 2:00 p.m. $5.00 Admission Old Capitol Books, 559 Tyler Street, Monterey (between Pearl and Munras)
Lara Hues – presentation and booksigning
Thursday 14 March, 2018 – 4:30pm: Come meet Lara Hues, the author of several books, including Arrows (Lycaon Press, 2014) and Allies of Ignorance (Cedar Fort Publishing, 2016). She will be in store discussing her recent work, as well as her journey to publication, her literary inspiration, and much more!
The Isms of March! Thinking Critically about Society Seminar Series Announced!
We’re back at it again with a series of seminars The Isms of March as part of our Thinking Critically about Society series. We’ll be joined by CSU Monterey Bay professors, local poets, and critically thinkers just like you to help tackle some of the different ideologies and theories that we’ve been hearing about. FridayContinue reading “The Isms of March! Thinking Critically about Society Seminar Series Announced!”
Theory & Philosophy 33: Environmental Philosophy
Direct Action Monterey Network and Old Capitol Books are coming together for their thirty-third Theory & Philosophy Reading Group, facilitated by Robert Kuhry, author by Authenticity and High Tech is Not the Future.
The Edge: The Pressured Past and Precarious Future of California’s Coast – Presentation by author Kim Steinhardt
The Pacific coast is the most iconic region of California and one of the most fascinating and rapidly changing places in the world. Densely populated, urbanized, and industrialized — but also home to wilderness with complex, fragile ecosystems — the coast is the place where humanity and nature coexist in a precarious balance that isContinue reading “The Edge: The Pressured Past and Precarious Future of California’s Coast – Presentation by author Kim Steinhardt”
Book signing: CL Fors, author of The Primogenitor Series
Date: 10 Feburary 2018 Time: 4pm CL Fors will be in-store to discuss the first two novels of The Primogenitor Series, Progeny and Adaptation.
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