Filipino American History Month Poetry Reading hosted by Joel Tan and Barbara Jane Reyes

POETRY READING . FREE! . FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY
MONTH
2:00pm, Saturday, October 8, 2005

In 1993, U.S. Congress declared October as Filipino
American History Month recognizing that "documented proof
of Filipino presence in the continental United States falls on
October 1587." In California, moreover.

In celebration, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents a
diverse cadre of today's most inspiring writers and poets
hosted by Joel Tan (Monster) and Barbara Jane Reyes
(Poeta en San Francisco, 2005 Laughlin Award).

Anthem Salgado
(Knuckle Up Butterfly)

Paolo Javier
(The Time at the End of This Writing)

Tony Robles
(Enemy Lines)

Sean Manzano Labrador
(Best American Poetry 2004; contributor)

Katinka Baltazar

Alexis Meneses

WHEN & WHERE:
2:00pm, Saturday, October 8, 2005
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Education Resource Room
701 Mission @ 3rd Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

INFO:
YBCA, 415.978.ARTS, www.ybca.org
Kularts, 415.239.0249, www.kularts.org

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This event is FREE!