Linehan Press is pleased to announce the publication of Passing Through by acclaimed poet David Gitin. This book, a collection spanning thirty years, is Gitin's eighth book of poetry. Passing Through is Gitin's first book in sixteen years, representing his largest collection since 1979. It includes six poems never published in book form in addition to revisions of earlier work.

David Gitin, born in Buffalo, NY, was influenced by the work and friendship of Allen Ginsberg, Charles Olson, and Robert Creeley before moving to San Francisco in the mid-60s where he co-founded Poets Theater, edited Bricoleur, produced radio programs for KPFA in Berkeley, and associated with many of the Beat poets and legendary musicians of the time.

Then in 1974, after living in the rural town of Cotati, California, and Madison, Wisconsin, he settled in Monterey, California, to teach Creative Writing at Monterey Peninsula College. He also worked as a jazz disc jockey at KAZU for nineteen years and often performs his poetry in collaboration with musicians.

Among his hundreds of publications, Gitin's work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, and Poetry Nippon. His work can currently be seen in The Anthology of Monterey Bay Poets 2004, The Cafι Review, Voleur de Feu, Big Bridge, and others. Refer to the 2003 Monterey County Weekly article "The Beat Goes On" for more background on David Gitin.

Photo by Dan Linehan.

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Comments on Passing Through:

Comments on previous work:

          THE DOOR
 

    the door

         slopes of light

            your body

              a delay

                in glass



           KYOTO


in the company

         all night

               of a horsefly

• 8/11/10 (Wed) 7 PM -- Reading from his new manuscript of selected poems, 1962-2010, at the Maine Grind, 192 Main Street, Ellsworth, Maine. • 3/10/09 (Tue) -- Reading with Stephen Kessler at East Village in Monterey for National Writers Union. • 10/27/07 (Sat) 7 PM -- Reading with Frank Parker for POG Poetry and Artist Group, (Stone Avenue Gallery, 2007 N. Stone Avenue, Tucson, AZ). Admission $5, students $3. • 5/5/07 (Sat) 7:35 PM -- Reading at the release party of Ping•Pong at the Henry Miller Library, Highway 1, Big Sur. • 3/3/07 (Sat) 7 PM -- Reading at Diva Dulce (Heritage Harbor Plaza, 99 Pacific St., Suite 255C, Monterey, California) • 1/12/07 (Fri) 7 PM -- Reading for National Writers Union at The Works (Pacific Grove, California) • 8/3/06 (Thr) 7 PM -- Reading with Lawson Inada at the Hartnell College Planetarium for "Poetry Under The Stars" as part of the 10,000 Poems Project (Salinas, California) • 7/29/06 (Sat) 1 PM -- Reading for the Monterey Poetry Review at the Santa Cruz Public Library (Santa Cruz, California) • 4/30/06 (Sun) 7:30 PM -- Reading with Luis Garcia and Belle Randall at Cody's Books (Berkeley, California) • 1/24/06 (Tue) -- Reading at Bay Books (Monterey, CA) • 10/8/05 (Sat) 1 PM -- Reading with George Mattingly at the Seaside Library (550 Harcourt Ave., Seaside, CA) • 10/2/05 (Sun) 1 PM -- Reading at the 50th Anniversary of the Six Gallery Reading (Ginsberg read "Howl" for first time, joined by McClure, Snyder, Whalen, and Lamantia, with Kerouac, Ferlinghetti, et al. in the audience, and Rexroth as MC) at the San Francisco Public Library [more info] • 10/1/05 (Sat) -- Reading for Monterey Poetry Review at the Monterey Public Library (Monterey, CA) • 9/24/05 (Sat) 7:30 PM -- Reading at Point Reyes Books (11315 Highway 1, Point Reyes Station, CA) • 7/18/05 (Mon) 7:30 PM -- Reading at Bird & Beckett (2788 Diamond St., San Francisco, CA) • 6/30/05 (Thr) -- Reading for the Wilcox Poetry Series (Albany, New York) • 6/27/05 (Mon) -- Reading at the Center for Cultural Exchange (1 Longfellow Square, Portland, Maine) • 6/26/05 (Sun) 3 PM -- Reading for The College Club of Boston (44 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass.) • 6/21/05 (Tue) 6 PM -- Reading for The Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery, New York City) • 6/11/05 (Sat) 12 Noon -- Presenting with Maria Tabor at the Summer Poetry Workshop for Central Coast Writers at the Sunset Center (San Carlos Ave. between 8th St. and 10th St., Carmel, CA) • 5/13/05 (Fri) 7 PM -- Reading with Dan Linehan for National Writers Union at the Sunset Center (San Carlos Ave. between 8th St. and 10th St., Carmel, CA) • 3/21/05 (Mon) 7:30 PM -- Reading with Jack Marshall at Moe's Books (2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley, CA) • 2/26/05 (Sat) 7 PM -- Book release reading at Morgan's Coffee & Tea (498 Washington St., Monterey, CA)

Artwork by Gabe Gandzjuk.   George Mattingly and David Gitin at reading in Seaside Library.

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Bathyspheric Review
Big Bridge
The Cafι Review
Frank's Home
McClure & Manzarek
Silliman's Blog
Voleur de Feu

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Dan Linehan, Publisher
Linehan Press

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Books are available for $10 at the following locations:    • The Beat Museum in San Francisco    • Moe's Books in Berkeley    • City Lights in San Francisco    • Point Reyes Books in Point Reyes Station    • Bird & Beckett in San Francisco    • Amazon.com on the web    • and by mail Please visit your local independently-owned bookstores! For orders by mail [click here to inquire].