Special Event

Event

Gram Parsons Poetry presented by Jonathan Fink

Joshua Tree National Park

Fee:

Free.

Location: LAT/LONG: 33.989315, -116.163639


Cap Rock Picnic Area

Dates & Times

Date:

Saturday, March 22, 2025

Time:

10:00 AM

Duration:

1 hour

Type of Event

Talk

The event will begin at 10:00am and have a soft end at 11:00am. There will be time for questions and comments afterwards.


Description

Join us at Cap Rock Picnic Area where author Jonathan Fink will read poems about Gram Parsons from his completed poetry and art book titled, In My Hour of Darkness.

About the Author: Jonathan Fink is the Professor and Coordinator of Creative Writing at University of West Florida. His most recent book of poetry is Don’t Do It—We Love You, My Heart (Dzanc, 2025). He has also received the Editors’ Prize in Poetry from The Missouri Review, the McGinnis-Ritchie Prize for Nonfiction/Essay from Southwest Review, the Porter Fleming Award in Poetry, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Joshua Tree National Park, the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, and Emory University, among other institutions. His poems have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Poetry, Slate, and Virginia Quarterly Review, among other journals.

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