John Kilroy will be reading brief excerpts from his new, 252-page book of poetry, “Torque.” His work has been published in such e-zines as Avatar Review, Samsara Quarterly, Iguanaland, Bonfires and Cuisinart. “Opening “Torque” is exactly comparable to the first time one hears Blind Willie Johnson...it's the first time again driving a Porsche full out on a decreasing radius curve, slamming down the gears to send the car into a four wheel drift...,” wrote Ron Jones, Managing Editor, Avatar Review. “Mostly I love the energy and the spirit that fill these poems by John Kilroy. He manages to please me with his eye, with his ability to see, and he manages to make me think,” said Jack Estes, Pleasure Boat Studio: A Literary Press. Kilroy himself says, “It may not be literature, but it’s the craziest damn thing.” The book is available for $16 from Chrome Press or Amazon.com. Kilroy is an Orange Country writer, residing in Orange, and has been a regular this year at the Two Idiots Peddling Poetry readings. For a ton of samples of his work, go to www.chromepress.com.

 

Sharon Saunders wrote many poems in 1976, which probably saved her life. Her poems were lost until 1999 when her husband found them on the floor of the garage, and she was encouraged by Katya Giritsky to read them at the North Orange County Poetry Continuum. She began writing again, and has been very happy meeting kindred OC poets (who she says are great people). By vocation, Sharon is a Senior Investigator for the Public Defender (24 yrs.), mother of 3+ 4 and grandmother of 3 + 11 married in. By education, she is a Cultural Anthropologist. She lives with her husband in Mira Loma on a half acre mini-farm full of goats, sheep, pigs, dogs & cats who have been rescued/orphaned or just dumped in their yard.