Aug 28
As part of our Poetry Everywhere initiative, we’ve been delivering libraries of poetry books to elementary schools in Stanislaus County. On August 26, 2023, MoSt board member & Modesto’s current poet laureate Salvatore Salerno dropped off a trove of tasty poetry collections to Hart-Ransom Charter School. Pictured are Salerno and an employee of the school.
Jun 24
Join us for a fun afternoon of poetry and friendship on Saturday September 23 at Camp 4 in Modesto. Featuring our special guest Lee Herrick, California’s state poet laureate. A limited number of tickets will become available on August 1; watch this space for link to purchase.
Jun 08
Free poetry workshop at the Modesto Library’s Makerspace on Saturday, June 24, 2023. See event for full details.
Apr 30
Poets’ Corner at the Great Valley Bookfest 2023 is taking place 10:00-2:00 on Saturday, October 14th at the Promenade Shops in Manteca, CA. This year there will be twelve poets who will each read for 12-15 minutes during one of the four reading segments. Books will be available for purchase. See gvbookfest.org for more information.
Nov 21
In the nearly ten-year history of the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center it has taken on few projects more ambitious than to donate sets of brand new poetry books to every public school in the county. But that’s exactly what MoSt adopted as a goal about five years ago and has been working to achieve ever since. …
