Poets Michael Schuffler and Yates Cessna

Poets Michael Schuffler and Yates Cessna read at Bird & Beckett Books, with introductions by Andrew Joron and Solomon Rino. The reading begins at 7:30 PM. Michael Schuffler, born in 1986 in Hawaii, is the author of two chapbooks of poetry: Mascot Anastasia (prone as snowmen) (The Bodily Press ) and Kid Stigmata (Above/Ground Press ). He is a graduate of Regis University’s Mile High MFA program. Yates Cessna is a working writer who lives in San Francisco. Andrew Joron is a poet, essayist, and speculative fiction writer who also plays the theremin and teaches creative writing at San Francisco State University. Solomon Rino is a playwright, scholar, and translator, and co-editor of the journal Second Stutter. He is currently Poet in Residence at the Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church.