Portland poet Walt Curtis lost all his possessions in a fire in May and the week of June 1-7 was officially declared Walt Curtis Week by Mayor Sam Adams. Berbati’s hosted a literary extravaganza which included Tom Spanbauer, poet laureate Paulann Peterson, Matt Love, Leanne Grabel, Dan Raphael and pictured here is Monica Drake who opened with some anecdotes about Walt over the years, including seeing him at Satyricon when she was starting out and then later him yelling at her during readings that “Your mom is Barbara Drake!” Footage is pretty dark but her voice is worth watching for.
Monica Drake Reads at Walt Curtis benefit from Nora Robertson on Vimeo.