From Venice to Venice: Poets of California and Italy at Beyond Baroque

Join us in a celebration of El Martillo Press's international anthology, From Venice to Venice (Da Venice a Venezia) edited by Mark Lipman & Anna Lombardo. The program features contributors from both sides of The Atlantic. From Venice, California, Harry E. Northup, Pam Ward, Bill Mohr, Richard Modiano, and Susan Hayden will be reading brief selections from the anthology and new work.

In addition, eight talian poets, Alessandra Pellizzari, Fabia Ghenzovich, Domenico Brancale, Giovanni Asmundo, Adam Vaccaro, Brigidina Gentile, Valeria Raimondi, & Alessandra Drigo will appear on-screen reading from their selected works.

The program will be presented by founders of El Martillo Press, Matt Sedillo & David A. Romero.

Doors Open: 7:30 PM, Readings: 8:00 PM

Praise for From Venice to Venice

“Noi poeti italiani continuiamo a simpatizzare per i movimenti americani, anche nascenti, perché troviamo più soliarietà, e un serio tentativo di sviluppare una nuova vera coscienza civile nelle gente. Poeti civili si nasce probabilmente, e in questa bella antologia From Venice to Venice, ce ne sono tra i migliori delle due sponde dell'Atlantico.”

[“We Italian poets continue to sympathize with American movements, nascent too, because we find more solitude, and a serious attempt to develop a new one true civil conscience in the people. Civil poets are probably born, and in this beautiful one anthology From Venice to Venice, there are some of the best on both sides of the Atlantic.”]

—Igor Costanzo, author of Re-Beat: New and Selected Poems, I Wish to be Light, and Apnea

“Venezia è immortale come la poesia pura: si ha incarna oltre il tempo e lo spazio. Questa antologia è un ponte poetico gettato tra due città che nel nome si identificano e fanno eco a vite vissute e da vivere—passaggi transoceanici trasmessi da voci che da un lato e dall’altro dell’oceano ci ricordano il valore dell’ispirazione poetica.”

[“Venice is immortal, like pure poetry: it is embodied beyond time and space. This anthology is a poetic bridge built between two cities whose names identify each other and echo lives lived and to be lived—transoceanic passages transmitted by voices that on both sides of the ocean remind us of the value of poetic inspiration.”]

—Flaminia Cruciani, poet, archaeologist, author of A Crown of Flames: Selected Poems & Aphorisms

Ticket purchase is required. No one will be turned away for lack of funds! Tickets will be available at the Beyond Baroque bookstore on the day of the event, but we recommend registering in advance through Eventbrite. Masks are encouraged while inside our center.

Event attendees are expected to behave in a respectful and considerate manner while in our space. Beyond Baroque reserves the right to remove individuals from our events, virtual or otherwise, if they are not respecting the space, fellow attendees, or performers.

Livestream: If you can’t join us in-person the event will be livestreamed on Beyond Baroque’s YouTube channel at the scheduled time of the event.