Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts will be reading selections from his latest book, White Fire, at 7:30PM on Friday, September 8th, at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel. The collection of poems was published in May of this year by The Ping-Pong Free Press of the Henry Miller Memorial Library.

Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts is the author of two chapbooks of poetry, To Mary (after eight) and The Sweet Taste; co-editor of the college text Bridges; co-editor/co-translator of two works from the Telugu, Sudha (Nectar) by Chalam and The Selected Verses of Vemana, both of which have been accepted into UNESCO’s Collection of Representative works:  Indian Series; and co-author of Bowing to Receive the Mountain:  Essays by Lin Jensen and Poetry by Elliot Roberts.   His poetry has appeared in various journals and anthologies.

Professor Emeritus at Monterey Peninsula College where he taught composition, literature, public speaking and humanities for 32 years, Ruchowitz-Roberts serves as Vice President of the Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation in Carmel, California.  He also coordinates the Foundation’s annual Prize for Poetry and its annual reading series, and serves as a tour docent.   He coordinated the National Endowment for the Arts “The Big Read:  The Poetry of Robinson Jeffers,” during which he read and performed Jeffers’s poetry at venues throughout Monterey County, including local libraries, high schools and colleges.

Suggested donation for the event is $15.00.