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“There is a natural ecstatic in Steven Nightingale, whom one might situate on a scale somewhere between Emerson and Rumi. And there is also a craftsman--with a jeweler's or a watchmaker's meticulousness---who wants to make the sonnet mimic his wonder at the architecture of things. They are both very present in this his third sonnet sequence and they make a labor of praise and praise out of labor.”      --Robert Hass, former US Poet Laureate “Steven Nightingale proves that the sonnet, like rock ‘n roll, will never die.”      --Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate   We need not say more, but we will.  This is a night of poetry you don’t want to miss.  Steven Nightingale is the author of two critically acclaimed novels, The Lost Coast and Thirteenth Daughter of the Moon, as well as four books of poetry, and a number of essays.  He asked that we pass along this message about his event: “Warning: the reading will include wild speculations, a ramble of proverbs, improvised  stories, curious personal musings, irresponsible overtures, as well as sonnets, which as everyone knows are sensual, or spiritual, or both. . . .”