Fledge: A Tribute to Stacy Doris

Join us for readings of work by internationally acclaimed poet and translator Stacy Doris, with special attention to her final book Fledge (Nightboat Books). Doris’s previous books of poetry in English are Kildare, Paramour, Conference, Knot, Cheerleader’s Guide to the World: Council Book, and The Cake Part. She also wrote three books in French and translated three volumes of French poetry into English. She died on January 31, 2012 at her home in San Francisco, where she taught in the Creative Writing Programs at SFSU. With Chet Wiener, James Sherry, Lee Ann Brown, Rob Fitterman, Kim Rosenfield, Nada Gordon, Jena Osman, Ann Lauterbach, Cole Swensen, Laynie Browne, Charles Bernstein, Carol Mirakove, Julie Regan and Daria Fain.