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Tea with Mr. E
June 3, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm UTC+0
$15 – $35Tea with Mr. E:
A one-day class on T.S. Eliot with Nils Peterson
Saturday, June 3, 2017, 7:00pm
Nils Peterson will offer a class on T.S. Eliot discussing “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” “The Wasteland” and one of the Quartets. If there is time, there will be a writing exercise.
$25 PCSJ Members, $35 general, $15 Students
Very limited space, reserve now!
Edwin Markham House in History Park
1650 Senter Road, San José, CA 95112
Nils Peterson is Professor Emeritus in English at San José State University. In 2009 he was chosen the first Poet Laureate of Santa Clara County. He has published poetry, science fiction, and articles on subjects as varied as golf and Shakespeare. Nils has been singing in chorales for more than 60 years. His chapbooks include: Here Is No Ordinary Rejoicing, Driving a Herd of Moose to Durango, For This Day, The Revenge of the Socks, and For This Day II. A collection of poems, The Comedy of Desire, edited and introduced by Robert Bly, was published by The Blue Sofa Press. His newest collection, A Walk to the Center of Things, was published by Poetry Center San Jose. An e-chapbook, Talk In The Reading Room, was published by Wordrunner Press early in 2014. Bring: Writing equipment; Sack Lunch and beverage. Parking and entrance to the campus is on Phelan Avenue.