Saturday, November 7, 7 p.m., at Tor House. Reception to follow.  Reservations required:  $15; $10 for students.  Limited seating.  Reserve your seats here or click on reservations button above.

Joseph Stroud is the author of six books of poetry, among them Of This World which was selected as Book of the Year by the San Francisco Poetry Center as well as being shortlisted for the PEN Literary Award USA and the Commonwealth California Book of the Year. His other awards include a Pushcart Prize, the Witter Bynner Fellowship in Poetry from the Library of Congress, the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award in Literature.  He divides his time between a home in Santa Cruz, a cabin in the Sierra Nevada, and a studio aerie in Puerto Vallarta.

Tim Hunt is the author of seven collections of poetry, most recently Then Back Again to Now. Recognitions include the Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award for his 2018 collection Ticket Stubs & Liner Notes, six Pushcart Prize Nominations, and the Chester H. Jones National Poetry Award for “Lake County Diamond.” He is the editor of The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers and has published two critical studies of the Beat novelist, Jack Kerouac. Originally from the hill country of northern California, he now lives in Normal, Illinois surrounded by vistas of corn and soy beans.

At the reading, Stroud and Jonathan Clark of Artichoke Press will present Tor House with a hand-press limited edition of Stroud's poem “Letter to Robinson Jeffers, Big Sur Coast, Winter, 2005.” The poem was printed on 100 year old Cragbourn Paper in a limited edition of 30.  Established in 1975 by Clark, Artichoke Press has created highly regarded fine books and commissioned limited-edition prints of literature and photography.