MoSt Poetry Festival

Saturday, February 3, 2024

“Writing the Way Through Wild Spaces”

Workshop leader: Maya Khosla, Wildlife Biologist, Poet, Filmmaker

Carnegie Arts Center       250 N. Broadway        Turlock, CA

10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Doors open at 9:30 a.m. — continental breakfast included

$40 RSVP at https://poetryfestival12.eventbrite.com

 

Maya Khosla is a biologist and writer. As Sonoma County Poet Laureate (2018-2020), she brought Sonoma’s communities together to heal through gatherings, field walks, and shared writing after the recent wildfires. Her books include “All the Fires of Wind and Light” (Sixteen Rivers Press; 2020 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award), “Keel Bone” (Bear Star Press; Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize). She is the winner of the 2023 Fund for Wild Nature Grassroots Activist Award and co-winner of the Environmentalist of the Year Award from 2020 Sonoma County Conservation Council (SCCC). Her work has been featured in For the Wild, her writing was part of the award-winning documentary films including “Village of Dust, City of Water,” about the water crises in rural India.

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This event is supported in part by Poets & Writers.