Here’s something truly different: Boxing champion Carlos Palomino, a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, will join poets and poetry-lovers at Saturday's (5/25) “Viva Poetry-The 2013 Lummis Day Library Series” event at the Eagle Rock branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, 5027 Caspar Avenue (Los Angeles 90041). Palomino will be reading a ring-related poem.
This year’s “Viva Poetry! -- Lummis Day Library Series” offers poetry lovers the opportunity to read a favorite poem by a noted published poet for a short educational film to be shot and edited by playwright Justin Tanner.
The readings will be moderated by Suzanne Lummis. Time for additional readers is very limited, but if you’re interested in reading a poem by a noted poet, email lapoetryfestival@earthlink.net and give title of poem, name of poet, and -- if a student-- your grade.
Carlos Palomino held the WBC Welterweight Championship from 1976 to 1979 and posted a a 31-4-3 (19KOs) professional record. He has acted in films and TV shows and holds a degree from California State University at Long Beach.
Suzanne Lummis teaches for the UCLA Extension Writers' Program, and for other schools and arts organizations, including Pasadena's "Inside the Story," a program for culture lovers that offers three to six sessions with the city's noted art scholars, music critics, physics professors, fiction writers and poets.
Justin Tanner has written and directed more than 20 plays, including Day Drinkers, Procreation, Voice Lessons, and Wife Swappers. His web series Ave 43 (available on YouTube) is currently in its sixth season; The Guardian recently named it as one of the top 25 web series “you should be watching.” The Lummis Day Library Program leads into the Lummis Day Festival’s gala poetry reading on June 2 at Lummis Home (200 E. Avenue 43, 10:30 am-noon.)The Lummis Day Library Program is partially funded by Pen Center USA and by Poets & Writers Inc through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation.
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