Diane di Prima

Diane di Prima, Michael McClure, Norman Fischer, and others

13 APRIL 2012 — friday

Zen Monster, a journal of poetry, art, criticism, and political commentary launches its third issue with a reading by poets noted for the influence of Buddhism on their poetics and philosophy, San Francisco Poet Laureate Diane di Prima, Michael McClure, Of Indigo and Saffron: New & Selected Poems, poet, writer, and former abbot of the Zen Center Norman Fischer, poets Genine Lentine and giovanni singleton, Ascension, poet and nature photographer David Silva, and poet Meredith Stricker, San Francisco Zen Center, 300 Page Street, San Francisco, $5-$10, no one turned away, 7:30 (Brian Unger, Zen Monster editor: 917/453-7311, brianunger2 @ gmail.com)