Belladonna

Belladonna, a panel of “adventurous women writers,” performs twice as part of Dixon Place’s Literary Events.

Tuesday, February 13th

Curated by Erica Kaufman and Rachel Levitsky, and featuring Deborah Meadows and Laura Moriarty

Deborah Meadows teaches at California State Polytechnic University. Her works of poetry include Representing Absence, Itinerant Men and The 60’s and 70’s: from The Theory of Subjectivity in Moby-Dick.

Laura Moriarty is the author of eleven books of poetry and two novels. She has tought at Naropa University and Mills college, and is the Deputy Director of Small Press Distribution in Berkeley, Ca.

Tuesday, March 13th
Curated by Erica Kaufman and Rachel Levitsky, and featuring Maureen Owen and Patricia Spears Jones

Maureen Owens is the author of ten books of poetry and the editory of Telephone Books Press. She has been awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts Inc and a Poetry Fellowship from the NEA.
Patricia Spears Jones is the author of two poetry collections, and the play Mother commissioned and produced by Mabou Mines. She has received fellowships to Bread Loaf, the Millay Colony, Squaw Valley Community of Writers and the Virginia Center for the Creative arts.