Join us for a virtual "Lit Chat" with Catamaran contributor and Santa Cruz County’s Poet Laureate Danusha Laméris to celebrate the release of her second book of poetry Bonfire Opera.

“Bonfire Opera, Danusha Lameris’ ravishing second collection of poems, lives up to its title and then some. In melodic and sumptuous lines, she considers desire, sorrow, beauty and death. This is a collection you will want to keep close, ‘a reminder to begin, again, by listening carefully with the body’s rapt attention.’”—Ellen Bass

Her book The Moons of August was chosen by Naomi Shihab Nye as the winner of the Autumn House Press poetry prize and was a finalist for the Milt Kessler Book Award.

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4:45 - 5:10 Reception
5:10- 5:30 Reading, conversation with Danusha Laméris and Zack Rogow 5:30 - 6:00 Audience Q&A with Danusha Lameris

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