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Off the pedestal:

Polyglot poet and translator Ana Elsner believes that poems speak to all
who will open their hearts and minds.

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She welcomes the opportunity to prove this premise by delivering poetry that you can 'taste' and feel and that will leave a lasting impression.

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Ana Elsner has dedicated her work to help raise the popularity and status of poetry in our society and make it accessible to a wide and diverse audience.

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Come and hear the poet up close and personal

on Wednesday, September 24th, 2008,
6:30 p.m.

at the San Francisco Public Library,
Glen Park Branch,

2825 Diamond Street, near Bosworth, 1 block up from Glen Park BART Station,
in San Francisco

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Accompanying Ana Elsner's reading will be special guest Chad Ostwald on double bass.

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Immediately following her reading, the audience is encouraged to engage in a dialog with the poet and to ask Ana Elsner questions about her work and her creative life, which spans half a century and two continents.

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At this event her book CIPHERS OF UNCOMMON ORIGIN - Poems By Ana Elsner, Volume I, will be for sale by the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

The poet will autograph books by request.

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* Ana Elsner welcomes this opportunity to meet some of her fellow Red Room authors and poets among the audience. *

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This poetry reading and book signing by Ana Elsner is a Library Sponsored Public Program.

Wheelchair accessible

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This program is funded by

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See listing at The Academy of American Poets

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