
On Thursday, Jun 23 ZYZZYVA and the Squaw Valley Community of Writers organized a Bay Area benefit to help Dean Young absorb the staggering costs of his recent heart transplant. An exceptional roster of poets each read one of Dean’s poems and one of their own.

(Evan Karp) A group of poets formed a constellation to benefit the poet with a new heart, who might, as one suggested, grow a new…

(Nicole McFeely) Featured Event: Dean Young Benefit One thing I’ve noticed again and again with the people I meet who are involved in these types…