Todd Walton & Marcia Sloan on May 14

A fiction writer and musician, Todd Walton is the author of hundreds of short stories and eight books including Inside Moves, Forgotten Impulses, The Writer’s Path, and Buddha In A Teacup. The DVD of the motion picture Inside Moves featuring an interview with Todd has just been released by Lions Gate Entertainment. Todd lived in Sacramento from 1980 to 1995 and was a frequent contributor to the Sacramento News & Review.

Marcia Sloane has been a classical and improvising cellist for forty years. Her CD Cello Drones for Tuning and Improvisation is used by musicians throughout the world. Her CD Skyward is a collection of her original compositions for cello and voice.

Todd and Marcia’s performance will feature songs from their CD When Light Is Your Garden, and Todd reading from Buddha In A Teacup and from his hilarious new novel Under the Table Books, which features poetry by Sacramento poets D.R. Wagner, Ann Menebroker, and Quinton Duval, who will be on hand for the event. Time Tested Books was the inspiration for the setting of Under the Table Books.

Poetry with Gourdine & Duval, April 19

Announcing the fourth reading in our poetry series: This time around we are hosting Quinton Duval and Traci Gourdine.

Quinton Duval is the author of three books of poems: Guerrilla Letters, Dinner Music, and Joe’s Rain. He teaches English and Creative Writing at Solano Community College and is the editor and publisher of Red Wing Press. Dennis Schmitz has called Duval's poems " buoyant and smart, full of feeling, suddenly deep---I think they are marvelous in every way."

Traci Gourdine is a terrific poet whose work has appeared in Calliope, ZYZZYVA, and other small magazines. She is the co-editor of "Night is Gone, Day is Still Coming," a collection of work by young American Indian writers. Her letters to poet Quincy Troupe have been anthologized in the book "Letters to Poets." He currently teaches English at American River College.

The reading is at Sunday, April 19. It starts at around 7 pm. A donation (which goes to the poets) is requested.