The Nevada County Poetry Series continues its tenth year of celebrating poetry by presenting the poets Quinton Duval and Jeff Knorr. As educators, poets and promoters of the written word, Duval and Knorr use their skills to explore the human and natural condition – they celebrate the joys and tragedies found there in. Bill Gainer says, "The world and all that is in it is the page they work from – extraordinary talents both."

Quinton Duval has published three books of poems: Guerilla Letters (1976), Dinner Music (1984), and Joe's Rain (2005). A new collection of poems, Among Summer Pines, is being released soon. His poems, reviews and translations have appeared in many literary magazines including: Carolina Quarterly, Ohio Review, Gettysburg Review, Quarterly West, Cut Bank, Santa Clara Review, and California Quarterly. He is the editor and publisher of Red Wing Press and teaches English and Creative Writing at Solano Community College in Fairfield, California. He lives in West Sacramento with his wife, Nancy.

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Jeff Knorr is the author of the three books of poetry, The Third Body, Keeper and Standing Up to the Day. His other works include the co-authored Mooring Against the Tide: Writing Poetry and Fiction; the anthology, A Writer's Country; and The River Sings: An Introduction to Poetry. His poetry and essays have appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies. Knorr currently directs the River City Writer’s Series at Sacramento City College and serves on the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission’s Poet Laureate committee. He lives in California's central valley and is Professor of literature and creative writing at Sacramento City College.

www.wserver.scc.losrios.edu/~knorrj/

Tickets can be purchased at the door for $5 general, seniors and students, and $1 for those under 18. Refreshments and open-mic included. The show will be in Off Center Stage (the Black Box theater, enter from Richardson Street) at the Center for the Arts, 314 W. Main St., Grass Valley, CA.

For more information call (530) 432-8196 or (530) 274-8384.