The olive is among the oldest known cultivated trees in the world, grown before the written language was invented. In California, there are many isolated trees or fragments of old groves, such as the trees that still stand on the Woodbury campus. Traditionally, after harvest, oil was pressed in screw or hydraulic presses. The paste was subjected to increasingly high pressures with subsequent degradation in the flavor of the oil. Thus, the “first press” of oil was considered the most flavorful and desirable. ~ the Olive Oil Source, 2018
First Press Reading Series — APRIL EVENT
being held on-campus at, 7500 N Glenoaks Blvd, Burbank CA 91504.
You are all welcome to our on-campus reading event on Monday, April 22, which will take place from 4 pm - 6 pm (PDT) in the Ahmanson Main Space. We are hosting two poets, Susan Rich and Brynn Saito. Susan Rich has been published in the New England Review, Harvard Review, Poetry Ireland Review, and many more. Including her chapbook to be published in April this year, she is the author of six poetry books. Brynn Saito is now the author of three poetry books with her most recent published last year. She has been a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize and the Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award. Both authors have an extensive list of publications and awards, all well-deserved, and we are excited to be host such renowned poets. There will be an open mic, as well as refreshments served during the reading.
Please complete the form below to RSVP. Hope we will see you there!
ARCHIVE :: PAST FEATURES IN THE FIRST PRESS READING SERIES, 2017-2023
Margaret Elysia Garcia and Tricia Lopez, November 2023
multiple poets at Giovanni’s Room, DTLA, April 2023
Toni Ann Johnson, February 2023 (WORDSHOP)
Chloe Martinez, November 2022
Chekwube Danladi, September 2022
Eliza Smith, May 2022
traci kato-kiriyama, March 2022
Jose Hernandez Diaz, November 2021
Scott Broker, September 2021
Darnell L. Moore, April 2021
Nikia Chaney and Shareen K. Murayama, February 2021
Genevieve Kaplan, November 2020
F. Douglas Brown and Geffrey Davis, September 2020
Lynne Thompson, April 2020
Richard Garcia, February 2020 (WORDSHOP)
Lory Bedikian, November 2019 (WORDSHOP)
Douglas Manuel, September 2019 (WORDSHOP)
Heidi Seaborn and Reuben Ellis, April 2019
Suzanne Lummis, February 2019 (WORDSHOP)
Désirée Zamorano, November 2018
Brendan Constantine, October 2018 (WORDSHOP)
Naoko Fujimoto and Angela Narciso Torres, April 2018 (WORDSHOP)
Chiwan Choi, April 2018
Linda Dove, February 2018
Neil Aitken and Mike Sonksen, November 2017