Luis Garcia

Luis Garcia: was born in 1939 and raised in Berkeley, California. His first book of poems was published in Santiago, Chile in 1963 where he had been studying with the poet Nicanor Parra. He subsequently had volumes published by George Hitchcock’s Kayak Press, Robert Hawley’s Oyez Press, White Rabbit Press and other notable publishing houses. In recent years, he has been instrumental in organizing a series of readings at the Berkeley Art Center. He has given readings at numerous locations in Berkeley and San Francisco as well as such places as Seattle, Washington and Kauai, Hawaii.