Book Release Party–“The First Night We Thought the World Would End”

To celebrate the publication of his book The First Night We Thought the World Would End (Brandenburg Press, 2019), writer George Yatchisin will hold a launch party for the book at Café Ana 1201 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara on Wednesday, April 24, 6:30 – 7:30 pm. It is free to attend (there will be no-host food and drink) and is open to the public. The evening will include readings from the book plus new food and drink poems specifically written with Café Ana in mind. Books will also be available for sale and signing.

“If the world is going to end—and pretty much every night can feel that way anymore—it’s a good idea to spend it eating and drinking well,” Yatchisin says. “Café Ana has got that part covered. I’ll be there to throw in some poetry, as we could use that too.”

“It’s this looking closer and his ability to bring to life the details in clear and often beautiful language that urges us to keep reading these poems,” writes Gerry LaFemina, director of the Frostburg Center for Creative Writing at Frostburg State University and author of The Story of Ash, among others. “There’s a gathering feeling to this book; meditative and lyrical, his poems contemplate a range of wonders from the minutiae to the grand,” writes Alexandra Lytton Regalado, whose collection Matria was the winner of the St. Lawrence Book Award.