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El Cerrito native Tess Taylor teaches writing at UC Berkeley and reviews poetry for NPR’s All Things Considered. Ms. Taylor will be joined by Keith Ekiss, a published poet and former Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford University. Ms. Taylor will be reading from her new book, The Forage House. El Cerrito Library 6510 Stockton Avenue [PHONE REDACTED] Hours: Monday 12 - 8 Tuesday 12 - 8 Wednesday Closed Thursday 10 - 6 Friday 1-5 Saturday 10 - 5 Sunday Closed Poetry Reading with Tess Taylor and Friends Thursday, December 5 at 7 p.m. “Ezra Pound’s definition of the epic—‘A poem containing history’ demands courage and intellectual range, as well as lyrical gifts. Tess Taylor meets that challenge in The Forage House. A figure of epic scale, Taylor’s Thomas Jefferson is tragic as well: ‘ambitious foundering father.’ The poise, candor and reach of this book—with a vision that embraces the enigmas of contemporary El Cerrito along with those of the slave-owner Jefferson—are deeply impres- sive.” — Robert Pinsky