Retired children’s librarian Alan Bern’s poetry books: No no the saddest and Waterwalking in Berkeley, Fithian Press; greater distance and other poems, Lines & Faces, his broadside press with artist and printer Robert Woods, linesandfaces.com. Among Alan’s awards: his poem “Boxae” was first runner-up for The Raw Art Review’s first Mirabai Prize for Poetry, 2020, and he won a medal in 2019 from SouthWest Writers for a WWII story set in Italia. Recent photos: unearthedesf.com/alan-bern-2/, pleaseseeme.com/issue-7/art/alan-bern-art-psm7/, mercurius.one/home/alanbern. Alan performs with dancer/choreographer Lucinda Weaver as PACES: dance & poetry fit to the space and with musicians from Composing Together, composingtogether.org.