Richard Loranger and Greg Carter

On the 9/20/23 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour:

Dr. Andy’s first guest is writer and performer Richard Loranger, who discusses being a provocateur, not experiencing a static self, and paying attention to the spoken part of poetry. He reads a poem from his new chapbook Mammal. Poet Greg Carter talks to Dr. Andy about the San Francisco scene, giving a voice to jazz, and losing all of his poems. He shares a Beat-style poem. Dr. Andy tells us about the 6th Davis Storytelling Extravaganza, which will take place on Sunday, September 24th from 2:15 to 5:30 at the Odd Fellows Hall.

Richard Loranger is a multi-genre writer, performer, musician, and visual artist who has been working around the United States for over forty years. They have lived in many parts of the country, including New York, Austin, Boulder, Ann Arbor, Chicago, and San Francisco, and currently live and work in Oakland, CA. They are the author of Unit of Agency, Be A Bough Tit, Sudden Windows, Poems for Teeth, The Orange Book, and ten chapbooks, and have writing in over 100 magazines and journals. Their new collection of poetry and flash prose is Mammal from Roof Books (Sept 2023). You can find more about their work and scandals at www.richardloranger.com.

Greg Carter is a poet based in San Francisco and active in the San Francisco poetry and open mic scene. Starting writing poetry (after much observation and reflection) in 1994, Carter was published in Keely Duran's Sex in Public, and in Margo Perin's The Dead Can Kill. His work has also been published by Criminal Class press, headed up by Keith & Kent Zimmerman. Experienced at reading with the music of Tony Passarell, Greg is a past performer at the Jazz and Beat Conference at the John Natsoulas Gallery in Davis.

Richard Loranger and Greg Carter will read with jazz musician Tony Passarell at the Poetry Night Reading Series on September 21st, 2023.

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