Poetry Center San Jose presents the Well-Red Poetry Reading Series at Works/San Jose! Tonight we'll be hearing readings by Mark Heinlein and Vuong Quoc Vu. Admission is a suggested donation of $2, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Mark Heinlein's book of poetry, Everything We Call Ordinary, was published in 2014 by Tourane Poetry Press. His awards include the American Academy of Poets/Virginia de Arujo Award and the Bonita M. Cox Award for creative nonfiction. His poems appear in Tar River Poetry, DMQ Review, Reed Magazine, and Content, among others. "Family, Culture and How a Poet Makes His Bread," his TEDx Talk, was performed in 2013.

Vuong Quoc Vu was born in Saigon, Vietnam, in ruins of war. He grew up in San Jose in an old house, a ruined home. His love for poetry ruined his Psychology studies at SJSU, so he went to get his MFA at Fresno State, among the lonely ruins of farms. With nothing else to lose, but a ruined reputation, he started Tourane Poetry Press in 2012, where he is honored to include among his publications Mark Heinlein’s Everything We Call Ordinary.