Vine Street
Friday, October 9th
6-8pm
Tickets $12 in advance / $15 at the door
Co-presented with Left Margin Lit and Vintage Berkeley!
Back by popular demand, with an all-new lineup! Sex and death are central human concerns, but older women poets often find themselves silenced or sidelined on the first of these subjects. Here, in an event curated by Rebecca Foust, five women aged 40 and better—Mahogany L. Browne, Prageeta Sharma, Jen Siraganian, Melissa Stein, and Barbara Jane Reyes—will share frankly erotic work that refuses to be muted or mooted and makes a bulwark of bodily sensuality against death, time, and our aging selves. Alongside the reading, emceed by poet Tracey Knapp, winemaker Emily Fernwood will be on site to introduce Osa Major wines, which will be available for purchase by the glass & bottle. This event will take place in Vintage Berkeley’s secret garden patio—dress accordingly! Doors at 5:30pm.