Adam Greenfield, Anna Zappoli, Dave Lonteen, Edwin Decker, Event, Kara Goldfarb, Kimberly Dark, Michael Klam, News, Ola Hadi, Ted Washington
San Diego Festival of Books, Saturday, August 25th!
The second annual San Diego Festival of Books is 10a – 5p Saturday, August 25th and will be held in Liberty Station, Point Loma, San Diego. Puna Press will be hosting a table in Artist Alley. More information here. We are excited to be participating this event’s second year. The first festival was great. All… Read More
Event, News, Ola Hadi, Ted Washington
Ola Hadi Features at Palabra!
PALABRA an evening of poetry hosted by Ted Washington Featured reader is Ola Hadi Ola Hadi was born in Kuwait City in 1982. An immigrant of Iraqi descent, she grew up in Imperial Beach, a border-beach town of San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Economy of… Read More
Adam Greenfield, Anna Zappoli, Dave Lonteen, Edwin Decker, Kara Goldfarb, Michael Klam, Ola Hadi, Ted Washington
SDVoyager Interviews Ted Washington
Hello Everyone, I haven’t done many interviews focussed on the history of Puna Press. SDVoyager decided that it would be an inspiring story so here we go. Check the interview here. Peace Ted Read More
Adam Greenfield, Anna Zappoli, Dave Lonteen, Edwin Decker, Kara Goldfarb, Michael Klam, News, Ola Hadi, Small Business, Ted Washington
Newsletter Exclusives! (and the Blog too!!)
Hello Everyone, Hope you are well and finishing 2017 with a flurry of accomplishments. That’s Edwin Decker sporting a Barzilla T-Shirt. We sell these at events. They’re not available on the site but if you desire to purchase one they are $30.00 with free shipping. Hit me on the email: ted@punapress.com to arrange payment and… Read More
Adam Greenfield, Anna Zappoli, Edwin Decker, Event, Kara Goldfarb, Michael Klam, News, Ola Hadi, Ted Washington
Taking A Step Up: California Library Association Annual Conference & Exhibition
Puna Press is taking a step up. We are participating in the California Library Association Annual Conference & Exhibition! We will be hosting a table during the exhibition. This is our first attempt to reach this audience. The goal is to sell of course but we hope to increase our visibility in the literary world… Read More
Adam Greenfield, Anna Zappoli, Edwin Decker, Event, Kara Goldfarb, Michael Klam, News, Ola Hadi, Ted Washington
San Diego Festival of Books
This is an event that we at Puna Press have been hoping would happen for a long time. We considered trying to put on a book festival ourselves but did not have the money or resources to pull it off. Fortunately the San Diego Union-Tribune and KPBS decided this did need to happen in San… Read More
Adam Greenfield, Anna Zappoli, Edwin Decker, Lists, Michael Klam, News, Ola Hadi, Ted Washington
Author Approved: The Poets of Puna Press Share Their Latest Reads
“I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.” The above quote is from the picaresque novel A Confederacy of Dunces, which happens to be the book one of Puna Press’s own authors is currently reading.… Read More
Adam Greenfield, Anna Zappoli, Edwin Decker, Event, Kara Goldfarb, Michael Klam, News, Ola Hadi, Ted Washington
Poetry LP!
Poetry LP? The birth of the long play format poetry performance for me began in 1998 at Java Joes. I had tired of the 3 – 5 minutes poets are normally relegated to at slams and open mics. I wanted to talk to the people in the audience, develop a story line and arc with… Read More
Ola Hadi
calligraphy of living
by ola hadi/10.5.11 I did not know the man I did not know he had the same dreams I have reading about Steve I wish I had I can relate not just because of his love for the creative but because he was real was adopted shaved his head and meditated spent time at an… Read More
Ola Hadi
Pilgrimage
by ola hadi/ 10.4.11 if time was an infinite resource I would spend lifetimes with you as it is this precious gift sets limits boundaries that I doubt I’d draw alone through you the pilgrimage begins I’d hoped we’d share the journey through life in union explore the paths ahead get lost and find something… Read More