Poets 11: An Anthology of Poems from the San Francisco Poets 11 Readings Selected and Introduced by San Francisco Poet Laureate Jack Hirschman

Poets 11 is a collection of 99 poems by the most interesting, vital and engaging young poets in San Francisco. The Poets 11 project was conceived by Poet Laureate Jack Hirschman, and designed to encourage the work of the undiscovered poets of San Francisco. Work was solicited from poets throughout the 11 supervisorial districts of the city in an open submission process. The poems were read by Jack Hirschman and he selected 3 poets from each district to read at a public event in the local library for their district. The events ran from July of 2006 to August of 2007 with a reading each month in a different district. A final event was held in the Koret Auditorium at the San Francisco Main Library celebrating all 33 poets. The anthology has 3 poems by each of the 33 selected poets in a 198 page celebration of the diverse poetic voices of the City of San Francisco. Published by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California, 2007

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The San Francisco International Poetry Festival brought together 18 poets from 15 countries to do 11 literary events over a 4 day period in one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world. The program features a photo and brief biography of each poet as well as one poem in the original language and an English translation. There is also a photo, biography and poem by Jack Hirschman, Poet Laureate of San Francisco and his co-hosts for the event, the past 3 Poets Laureate of the city. It adds up to 101 pages of the most engaged and engaging poetry being written today.

Published by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco Public Library & The City and County of San Francisco, 2007

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Wear your love of poetry on your shoulder with our chic yet demure black canvas tote bag. The double-stitched seams and heavy weight canvas promise that you can display your love of lyricism for a lifetime.

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Frame the festival and hang it on you wall with a limited edition fine art print by San Francisco's own Electric Works press. The 11" x 17" broadside is printed on Moab Entrada heavyweight paper using archival inks and is limited to an edition of 50.

40 copies are available for $25 each.

10 broadsides signed by the poets are available for $75 each.

These handy bags measure 14" tall and 16" across the top. Proceeds will benefit the Noe Valley Library Campaign.

These bags measure 14" tall and 16" across the top. Proceeds will benefit the Richmond District Libraries Campaign.

Designed by local San Francisco illustrator Cindy Salans Rosenheim.

Writers Remembered Commemorative Broadside
Limited Edition
Printed by Richard Lang at Trillium Press

Writers Remembered Commemorative Broadside
Limited Edition
Printed by Richard Lang at Trillium Press

Writers Remembered Commemorative Broadside
Limited Edition
Printed by Richard Lang at Trillium Press

Writers Remembered Commemorative Broadside
Limited Edition
Printed by Richard Lang at Trillium Press

Writers Remembered Commemorative Broadside
Limited Edition
Printed by Richard Lang at Trillium Press

This wonderful new catalogue celebrates the 10th anniversary of the James C. Hormel GLBT center in the San Francisco Public Library by illustrating many of its contents, highlighting the centers' history and showcasing many of its treasures.  

"Whereas, We, the citizens of San Francisco ... do most heartily approve
of the project about to be inaugurated for the establishment of
A Free Library in this City, and do pledge to the same our hearty and
united support".

With these above words, an idea was born in San Francisco, an idea that
eventually - well over a century later - achieved its apotheosis in the
building of the New Main Public Library. This state-of-the-art cultural
institution now stands as a tribute to all those who had the vision to conceive the idea and the energy to nourish this - through eras of triumph and tragedy.

With masterful insight, Peter Booth Wiley narrates the fascinating story of
this idea, tracing the concept of the library back to the origins of writing and human history itself, through the ages of antiquity to the first American libraries and beyond ... to San Francisco.

Embroidered into the thread of the main narrative are 25 specially commissioned essays from the Bay Area's leading literary figures, accompanied by original artwork by noted local illustrators.

Published: Weldon Owen Inc 05/1996. Pages: 240
Illustrated, Hardcover
Dimensions: 12.91 L x 9.40 W x 1.43 H