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Born in San Francisco in 1948, Nik C. Colyer lived his first twenty-three years in Hayward, a small suburban community east of San Francisco. At age eighteen, he scraped together enough paychecks from his work as a mechanic to purchase his first Harley Davidson; a 59' Panhead. Riding and repairing his own bike eventually led him to create Cycletherapy, a Harley customizing and repair shop, where he built custom machines for local riders. Soon, Nik began sculpting in bronze and stone. Later, he picked up a pen. To date, Nik Colyer has written fourteen novels. Although his work is fictional, Nik draws from his early experiences of riding Harley's, as well as his subsequent thirty-year transformation into integrated masculinity. His unending curiosity about the relational dance between men and women adds humor and quirkiness to the content of his writing. You can read sample pages of all of Nik's novels at: WWW.ChannelingBikerBob.com.

Nik Colyer will read at Grass Roots Books and Music tonight at 7:00. If you're feeling restless, you'll appreciate this meditation on the misunderstood realms of Manhood, Marriage and Motorcycles.

New York-based poet and performer George Wallace is coming to Grass Roots on June 18th. Wallace, who travels widely in the U.S., U.K. and in Europe, has appeared at Howlfest, Lowell Celebrates Kerouac, the Woody Guthrie Festival, the Dylan Thomas Centre, Shakespeare and Co/Paris, the Rexroth Festival, and the International Women's Arts Festival. He has collaborated with a wide range of artists including David Amram, Claire Daly, Levon Helm, Tony Lamb, Martin Loyato, Joe Mannix, Jonny McEwan, Glen Moore, Dave Rave, Lee Renaldo, DJ Spooky, and Paul Winston. He edits poetrybay (www.poetrybay.com), polarity (www.poembeat.com), poetryvlog (www.poetryvlog.com), and is the author of fourteen poetry chapbooks in the U.S., U.K. and Italy. He has served as a judge for the Beowulf Prize and Beat Poet of the Year competition, as guest editor for Bigcitylit and Orbis. A.D. Winans calls his work “a surreal trip through the heartland of America,” while Charles Plymell dubs him a “post-existential enigmast.” You can read more about George and sample his poetry at:

http://myspace.com/ggwallace

Don't miss his visit to our small piece of the valley, 7pm Monday, June 18th at Grass Roots Books and Music.