The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Presents: Avery Burns & Lee Knight, Jr.

Name: The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Presents: Avery Burns & Lee Knight, Jr.
Start: 2025-09-13T17:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-09-13T18:30:00-07:00
Location: Pacific Grove Public Library

Schedule

Sat Sep 13 2025 at 05:30 pm to 06:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Pacific Grove Public Library | Pacific Grove, CA

The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium welcomes you to enjoy a free evening of poetry featuring Avery Burns and Lee Knight, Jr. on Saturday, September 13 @ 5:30 PM at the Pacific Grove Public Library, 550 Central Ave. (PG)
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Avery Burns splits his time between the San Francisco Bay Area and Pacific Grove. He has been a part of the Bay Area poetry scene since moving there for college in the 1980s. After starting Lyric& Press in 1992 with a magazine and intermittent book publishing, Burns co-edited 26 Magazine in the '00s. For the better part of two decades, he was also involved with the Canessa Park Reading Series in SF, ending in 2015. Burns has two new collections forthcoming: The Art of the Minimalist Sonnet vol II (fall 2025), and Expectations Asunder (Magra Books, spring 2026). Over the years, he has had the good fortune to read at a variety of locations, from New York to Vancouver B.C., and along the West Coast. Most recently, he took part in the Monterey Poetry Festival, which sparked a new project written at Asilomar Beach.
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Lee Knight, Jr. has been inspiring poetry slam stages since 2001. He has been a coach and member of eight national poetry slam teams, was awarded 4th place in the National Poetry Slam individual competition in 2006, and helped Team Berkeley and Team Palo Alto win group piece finals in 2009 and 2014 respectively. Beyond national borders, Knight has shared his poetry and perspective on various international city stages throughout Germany, France, England, and Austria. His poetry is powerful, captivating, and educational, empowering listeners to examine not only the world around them but also themselves. His words will resonate with the listener long after his sojourn at the microphone.
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Our next reading will be held on October 11, featuring Chrissy Hernandez and Brandi Kary.
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The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium seeks to showcase the finest talents of the diverse Central Coast literary community, from Big Sur to Santa Cruz to the Salinas Valley and beyond. Free readings are held on the second Saturday of each month at the Pacific Grove Public Library. All are welcome. Follow us on Facebook, or contact Kent Leatham ([email protected]) for more information. This series is graciously co-sponsored by the Whitney Latham Lechich Poetry Trust.