Poetry Reading with Bonita Poets, March 14 @ 2pm

Claire Hsu Accomando was born in Switzerland to a Chinese father and French-Armenian mother. She spent her childhood in rural France during the Nazi occupation, as told in her memoir, Love and Rutabaga. Claire graduated from NYU with a science degree, but was always drawn to the arts. She has published two volumes of poetry, Evaporation (The Press at Cal Poly Humboldt) and Lifting Elephants (Third Coast Publishing). Claire lives in Bonita.

Diane Gustafson is a retired college librarian and professor of research skills. She has published two collections of short stories and essays and a historical novel about the family of General George Armstrong Custer. She is an advocate for victims of domestic violence, serving as a volunteer for Your Safe Place and on the Board of Directors of Your Safe Place Foundation. She and her husband have lived in Bonita for nearly forty years.