by Timothy Rutt

As part of the “Latin Wines for a Passionate Evening” wine and food pairing event at Webster’s Fine Stationers on Saturday, Alta-poet Linda Dove, author of O Dear Deer (Squall Publishing) and In Defense of Objects (Bear Star Press), will read from new and recently published work starting at 6 PM. She will be joined by local poet Judith Terzi, author of Sharing Tabouli (Finishing Line Press) and The Road to Oxnard (Pudding House Press). The reading will be preceded by a wine-and-food pairing event, “Latin Wines for a Passionate Evening,” from 4-6 PM, and wines will continue to be poured throughout the poetry reading. The authors will be available after the event to greet audience members and sign copies of their books.

“I’m so excited to be able to share my work at Webster’s, whose owners work tirelessly to support this community, and, in particular, our community of writers,” Dove said. “It’s the perfect local venue at which to introduce my new book because the poems are, in a sense, local too, in that they originated out of my time serving jury duty in downtown L.A.”

Linda Dove holds a Ph.D. in Renaissance poetry and taught literature and creative writing for many years. Her full-length collection of poems is In Defense of Objects (Bear Star Press). Poems have been nominated recently for a Pushcart Prize and as a finalist for the Robert H. Winner Award from the Poetry Society of America.

Webster’s Fine Stationers is at 2450 N. Lake Ave.  The event is free and open to the public. For a complete schedule of upcoming readings, please visit www.lindadove.com.

Photo of Linda Dove by Robert Welkie.