Ray Garman & Justin Vitiello: Philly: 9/9/08

Tuesday, September 9, 6pm: The Moonstone Poetry Series at Robin's Bookstore (108 S 13th St, Philadelphia) presents poets Ray Garman & Justin Vitiello. Open reading to follow.

For more information see: http://www.robinsbookstore.com/events/090908.html

Ray Garman is a poet and photographer, an activist and an entrepreneur. A resident of Hong Kong and Philadelphia, Ray has read and performed his works around the world including at Robin's Bookstore (Philadelphia), The Bowery Poetry Club (New York), The Nuyorican Poets Cafe (New York), Neither Nor (New York), The Knitting Factory (New York), Shakespeare & Company (Paris), City Lights Bookstore (San Francisco), The Fringe Club (Hong Kong), St. Marks Poetry Project (New York), La Mama Theater (New York), The Cafe (Nairobi), Burning Man (Black Rock City) and in such cities and villages as Beijing, Shanghai, Hanoi, Hoi Chi Minh City and along the Hoi Chi Minh Trail, among others. Ray Garman is a father and an explorer. He is a graduate of Haverford College. Visit Ray's website at: http://www.raygarman.com/.

Justin Vitiello was born in New York City in 1941. After his B.A. in English and Spanish at Brown University (1963), he spent a year in Madrid as a Fulbright Scholar. He attended the University of Michigan, staying ten years (1964-73) to do a doctorate in Comparative Literature. His work as an activist has shaped his life and writings, notably with Danilo Dolci in Sicily and the USA, the nonviolent movement in Italy and India, the anti-nuke mobilization in Rome and Philadelphia, and the Wobblies (the Industrial Workers of the World) - everywhere. Since 1974, he has taught Italian and Comparative Literature at Temple University in Philadelphia and Rome, focusing his creative, political and scholarly writings on America, Italy and Spain. His books of poetry published are: Vanzetti's Fish Cart, subway home, and Suicide of an Ethnic Poet. Visit Justin's website at: http://www.justinvitiello.net/.