{"id":6882,"date":"2014-12-02T17:46:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T01:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=6882"},"modified":"2014-12-02T11:48:39","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T19:48:39","slug":"david-starkey-reads-like-a-soprano-at-antioch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=6882","title":{"rendered":"David Starkey Reads &#8220;Like a Soprano&#8221; at Antioch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37315\" src=\"http:\/\/sbseasons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Like a Soprano\" width=\"231\" height=\"346\" \/>You never know where the muse will strike. <em>Santa Barbara Seasons&#8217;<\/em> contributing poetry editor <a title=\"Gunpowder Press Blasts Off on Friday\" href=\"http:\/\/sbseasons.com\/blog\/gunpower-blasts-friday\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Starkey<\/a> binge-watched the entire six-season 86-episode story arc of <a title=\"The Sopranos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hbo.com\/the-sopranos#\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sopranos<\/em><\/a>, then turned the dark, violent mobster underworld into a mordantly humorous collection of 86 prose poems. <a title=\"Like a Soprano\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Like-Soprano-David-Starkey\/dp\/0991328183\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Like a Soprano <\/em><\/a>(Serving House Books) is, like <em>The Sopranos<\/em>, a darkly entertaining, disturbing and touching piece of art.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Starkey will read from his work on\u00a0Thursday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. at <a title=\"Antioch\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antiochsb.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Antioch<\/a>\u00a0University Santa Barbara, 602 Anacapa St.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2014Leslie Dinaberg<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Originally published in\u00a0<a title=\"Santa Barbara Seasons\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sbseasons.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Santa Barbara Seasons<\/em><\/a>\u00a0on December 1, 2014.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-6882\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=6882&amp;share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span>Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-6882\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=6882&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-6882\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=6882&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=6882\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=6882&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=6882&amp;share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span>Tumblr<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-pocket\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-pocket sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=6882&amp;share=pocket\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pocket\"><span>Pocket<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=6882&amp;share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You never know where the muse will strike. 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