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Women Who Submit Lit
August 5, 10AM, Zoom: *Poetry to the People Event*: SDPA Submission Tutorial + Submission Party in partnership with Women Who Submit Lit (WWS). Led by SDPA Regional Editor, Karla Cordero, and SDPA Director of Partnerships, Jane Muschenetz, Co-founders of the San Diego Chapter of WWS. Open to women/nonbinary writers and allies. FREE, register HERE. Thanks to Cal Hum for supporting this event! Image by Jennifer… Read More
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SDPA’s Imagine @ Feria del Libro Tijuana, Hosted by Mónica Morales and Michael Klam
Thursday, July 13 @ 5:30 p.m. at the Centro Cultural in Tijuana: Lit fans, writers, and translators unite! Come join hosts Mónica Morales and Michael Klam in Tijuana as we celebrate Imagine, the 2023 bilingual edition of San Diego Poetry Annual. The reading and events will take place during the Feria del Libro Tijuana @… Read More
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This Week: 3MT, Wandering Words, Cal Hum, SDPA & CWP
Monday, June 12, 1-3 p.m. @ Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel, Sapphire Ballroom: I’m honored to be one of the judges for Three Minute Thesis (3MT) at IMS Microwave Week. HERE and HERE are the details. And find the invitation HERE on eventbrite. Come blow your mind with the possibilities. _________________________________ Wednesday, June 14, 6:30-9:30… Read More
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Poetry In Ocean, Mar 21!
Poetry in Ocean: A Celebration of the Sunset, Surf and Sea (Library registration HERE). The ocean inspires, connects, sustains us. Artists, poets, musicians, surfers… beach-goers the world over share a deep admiration and respect for the sea. Poetry in Ocean: A Celebration of the Sunset, Surf and Sea panel and open reading was born of the same gusto… Read More
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Spacebar on Sunday, Acid Vault on Tuesday, Katie Manning on CWP!
On Sunday, May 8 from 3 to 5:30 p.m., I’m delighted to read again with author Joe Milosch at Spacebar Cafe & Wine Bistro, 7454 University Ave, Suite A, La Mesa, CA 91942: 2nd Sunday–Jihmye Poetry-Open Mic in person and on Zoom. Jim Moreno hosts, and Alfred Williams provides tech support for Zoom. Meeting ID: 990 814 5215 and Password: poetvoices _________________________________________________ Then on Tuesday,… Read More
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Olga García Interview and Reg E Gaines Audio Poem!
Olga García is a bilingual poet, physicist, mathematician, and editor of San Diego Poetry Annual’s Spanish/English edition. In this episode of Central Library’s Conversations with Poets (CWP), Olga and I discuss her extraordinary life. We talk about everything from the inspiration and influence of her unparalleled grandmothers to her resolute determination to become both physicist… Read More
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Michael Klam and Joe Milosch Book Launch, Mission Hills Library, National Poetry Month
I’ve been invited to read with author Joe Milosch at Mission Hills Library on Saturday, April 30, at 3:30 p.m. I’m honored to share the stage with Joe, a poet who I’ve admired for many years. Joe has published a beautifully crafted book of love poems for his late wife Patsy called A Walk with… Read More
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Conversations with Poets: Sharon Elise
In this episode of Central Library’s Conversations with Poets, I sit down with Sharon Elise to talk poetics, sociology and sociopoetics: CWP Sharon Elise. If you enjoy and want more, please hit the like button and subscribe to the San Diego Public Library’s CWP channel. Find upcoming National Poetry Month events in San Diego here. Read More
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Conversations with Poets: Jeff Walt! and More National Poetry Month Events
Conversations with Poets at Downtown Library! Watch to learn about the lives of San Diego’s most celebrated poets. These are 30-minute video interviews with questions ranging from writer’s craft to inspirations to performance and publishing. Four interviews have posted so far: Ron Salisbury, Rudy Francisco, Ted Washington, and Jeff Walt. Coming up next: Sharon Elise,… Read More
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April is National Poetry Month!
Here are a few of the many National Poetry Month events happening in April at libraries, colleges, bars, galleries, and cafés around San Diego. Hope to see you out there, in person! Friday, April 1, at 3 p.m., poet Chrystophver R, hosts The Poetry Party (The Poetical Party of Choice) in the Santa Fe Room (Balboa Park… Read More