St. Petersburg Review: Jean Valentine, Melvin Jules Bukiet

April 18, 2010
7:00 pm - 9:00 am

Melvin Jules Bukiet is the author of seven books of fiction and the editor of three anthologies. He teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.

Jean Valentine, the current State Poet of New York (2008-2010), was born in Chicago, earned her B.A. from Radcliffe College, and has lived most of her life in New York City. She won the Yale Younger Poets Award for her first book, Dream Barker, in 1965. Her most recent book is Little Boat (Wesleyan University Press, 2007). Her previous collection, Door in theMountain: New and Collected Poems 1965 - 2003, was the winner of the 2004 National Book Award for Poetry. She is the author of eight other books ofpoetry.

About the Series: KGB Bar Sunday Night Fiction

The KGB Bar Sunday Night Fiction showcases the finest in contemporary fiction from new and emerging writers.


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