Sausalito Poet Guy BiedermanFeatured September 16 At Virtual Third Thursday.
By Blake More
Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry presents a virtual Third Thursday Zoom Poetry reading at 7:00pm on Thursday, September 16. This month features Sausalito poet Guy Biederman, with open mic to follow.
Born in the Chihuahuan desert near the Mexican border, Guy Biederman grew up on a stingray in Ventura, learned to write during a civil war in Guatemala, honed his craft pulling weeds and planting flowers in San Francisco, and received his M.A. from San Francisco State, where his teaching career began.
Guy's the author of Nova Nights (Nomadic Press, 2021), Edible Grace (KYSO Flash Press, 2019), Soundings and Fathoms (Finishing Line Press, 2018), House Samurai (Iota Press, 2006), and Parts & Labor (Thumbprint Press, 1992).
His work has been nominated for Best of The Net and has been published over 200 times in journals such as Carve, Flashback Fiction, MacQueen’s Quinterly, Map Literary, Sea Letter, Peeking Cat, Bull: men’s fiction, great weather for Media and Riddled With Arrows. Guy’s poetry has also been featured in bags of Nomadic Coffee and recorded on Dial-A-Poet. His story, The Most Shoplifted Poet in America was published in print as flash fiction by Third Wednesday and also appeared in their blog as Poem of The Week.
Guy curates SoFo Gallery, a virtual neighborhood exhibition of art and writing for South Forty Pier. He has been a featured writer and speaker at Get Lit, Voz Sin Tinta, Sacred Grounds, Civil Liberties United, Bay Area Generations, Why There Are Words, The Write Spot, Moon Drop Productions, and Rivertown Poets. Guy’s most recent book, Nova Nights, is an homage to poets, curators, and audiences on the open mic scene, as well as all those who support the written and spoken word, including publishers, bookstores, cafes, and readers.
A former peace corps volunteer, gardener, sportswriter, ad sales rep, house samurai, dog walker, and college writing instructor/story midwife, Guy also published the literary magazine Bust Out Stories for 12 years, in addition to a dozen books by bay area writers under his Thumbprint Press label, including the first edition of The Great Petrowski by Gina Berriault. Guy is a father, grandfather, husband, brother and cancer survivor. He lives on a houseboat 4 nautical miles west by northwest of San Francisco with his wife and salty cat. He practices rooftop tai chi, pedals a ’57 Schwinn Spitfire, rows a Chamberlin dory, and walks the planks daily. It’s all true, especially the fiction.
To watch or participate as an open mic reader, please email blake@snakelyone.com.
Third Thursday Poetry Zoom made possible by the Arena Theater and continues to be supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from The James Irvine Foundation.
