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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin’ Dog – on Zoom!
DESCRIPTION:Join host Stella Beratlis in our monthly reading + open mic series. This month we are excited to feature Eliot Schain\, author of THE DISTANT SHORE\, and Patrick Cahill\, author of THE MACHINERY OF SLEEP. \n Patrick Cahill’s prose and poems have appeared in over forty journals\, including TriQuarterly\, Volt\, Poets Eleven\, the Irish magazine Into the Void\, Subprimal\, and Eclectica. His poems have twice won the Central Coast Writers Award. He is a cofounder and editor of Ambush Review\, a San Francisco–based literary and arts journal and was a contributing editor for the Sonoma County anthology Digging Our Poetic Roots. Patrick received his Ph.D. in History of Consciousness from the University of California\, Santa Cruz and wrote a study of Whitman and visual experience in nineteenth-century America. Portions of this work have appeared in The Daguerreian Annual and Left Curve. \n Eliot Schain’s poetry has appeared in Ploughshares\, American Poetry Review\, Santa Monica Review\, Another Chicago Magazine\, and Miramar\, among other journals\, as well as in three anthologies: The Place That Inhabits Us: Poems of the San Francisco Bay Watershed\, Christopher Buckley and Gary Young’s Bear Flag Republic: Prose Poems and Poetics from California\, and America\, We Call Your Name: Poems of Resistance and Resilience. Schain’s books include American Romance from Zeitgeist Press and Westering Angels from Small Poetry Press. He has served as program director for the Poetry Society of America\, has taught high school\, and now works as a psychotherapist. A proud member of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers\, he lives in Berkeley\, California\, with his wife\, Mary. \n  \nOpen mic follows: sign up in advance (10 slot available): https://form.jotform.com/berattle/secondtuesday \nZoom: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/91739636824 \nOr iPhone one-tap (US Toll): +16699006833\,91739636824# or +12532158782\,91739636824# \nOr Telephone: +1 669 900 6833 (US Toll)/Meeting ID: 917 3963 6824
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-oct-2020/
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200915T180000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Night at the Queen Bean
DESCRIPTION:Melchor Sahagun III will be hosting Poetry Night at the Queen Bean on Tuesday\, September 15th starting at 6 pm\, via the Zoom platform. (Links to the event will be furnished on Facebook a little later this month). The reading will be devoted exclusively to open mic readers\, so drop by and read and/or listen to some great poetry.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-night-at-the-queen-bean/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200908T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200908T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062716
CREATED:20200817T200122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200831T182024Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Poetry with the Meter Maids
DESCRIPTION:Join us this month as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the local writing group The Meter Maids\, featuring members of the group reading their work. Open mic following featured readers. NOTE: 7 pm start time.  \nBelow is a history of the Meter Maids: \nWhat began as a sharing of poetry between two women who worked with the committee that brought the 20th Anniversary of Earth Day to Modesto in April 1990 inspired one to reach out to other friends who wrote and loved poetry.\nThe group gathered monthly at various homes and remained nameless for many\, many years\, welcoming a few men and many women into its fold. Eventually\, the group evolved into an ever-changing\, nurturing sisterhood\, whose members have ranged in age from 16 to 80 and included two mother-daughter partners. One daughter\, the 16-year-old\, is grown\, married and continues to meet with us from New York on Zoom with her infant son on her lap.\nThe structure of our monthly meetings departs from most poetry groups\, which usually write independently and bring poems to be read\, critiqued and enjoyed. We are not designed as a critique group\, but critique does happen. We are not a therapy group\, but we do support one another through our personal challenges. We share a common love of poetry and passion for writing.\nOver the years the group has developed a tradition of staring each meeting with an afternoon “tea” schmooze during which members catch up with one another\, share our lives\, gather words or suggest prompts\, then write and share. The tradition includes sharing the fun of writing and creating around such monthly prompts as fortune cookie Monday in January; hearts; MLK; dead presidents in February; Women’s History in March’ the four seasons at solstices and equinoxes; Cinco de Mayo in May\, Stone Soup; pumpkins\, ghosts and goblins in October; Dia de los Muertos and Thanksgiving in November; and the many\, many holidays in December.\nOver the past 30 years\, three chap books have been published\, and a 30-Year- Anniversary book featuring poetry submitted by members past and present will go to press very soon\, thanks to the talented and dedicated work of one of our original founding members\, Karen Baker.\nWe share these samplings of our poetry with gratitude for the talented community of poets both in Meter Maids and in the Modesto area. We are pleased that members who have moved away to new adventures can join our Zoom meetings during this quarantine year and beyond.\nHi there\,\nhttps://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/97782297419\nOr iPhone one-tap (US Toll): +16699006833\,97782297419# or +13462487799\,97782297419#\nOr Telephone:\nDial:\n+1 669 900 6833 (US Toll)\n+1 346 248 7799 (US Toll)\n+1 253 215 8782 (US Toll)\n+1 312 626 6799 (US Toll)\n+1 646 876 9923 (US Toll)\n+1 301 715 8592 (US Toll)\nMeeting ID: 977 8229 7419
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-9-2020/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200816T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200816T160000
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SUMMARY:Poetry on Sunday Series
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the August edition of MoSt’s quarterly Poetry On Sunday Readings on Sunday\, August 16th at 2:00 P. M.\, featuring three wonderful poets:  Linda Jackson Collins\, Bob Stanley\, and Jenny Tang!  While we look forward to a time we can all gather again at the Carnegie Arts Center\, this time we’ll be on ZOOM.  Join us\, too\, for the Open Mic time following the featured readers! \n\nOur Featured Readers: \nOriginally from Washington\, D.C.\, Linda Jackson Collins studied English and Business at Vanderbilt. Linda rediscovered poetry about a decade ago\, and her first book\, Painting Trees\, came out from Random Lane Press in 2019. \nLinda served on the Sacramento Poetry Center’s board for many years and edited its poetry journal\, Tule Review. She continues to write and collaborate with other poets from her home in Carmichael where she lives with her husband\, Rob. \n\nBob Stanley has organized and led writing programs and classes for nearly fifty years.  He has edited two regional anthologies and published three collections of his own work: Walt Whitman Orders a Cheeseburger (Rattlesnake Press\, 2009)\, Eleven Blue Strings (little m press\, 2012)\, and Miracle Shine (CW Books\, 2013). Bob served as Poet Laureate of Sacramento City and County from 2009 to 2012\, and he lives in Sacramento with his wife\, Joyce Hsiao. \n\n        Jenny Tang grew up traveling back and forth between Phoenix\, Arizona and Beijing\, China. She was first exposed to poetry through attending CalSlam performances at UC Berkeley\, and has been featured in LoReLi (Look Read Listen) China\, performed as a Sacrificial Poet in the 2019 Chill List Team Competition\, and a winner of the 2019 Poet’s Corner Poetry Contest. She is currently a member of the Central Valley Poets Collective. \n 
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-on-sunday-series-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Poetry on Sunday Series,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200811T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200811T200000
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog - on Zoom!
DESCRIPTION:We will be holding our Second Tuesday poetry reading series on August 11th\, 2020\, via Zoom. We hope you’ll join us. Featured readers are Jeanne Wagner and TBA. Sign up for our newsletter to receive our email blast with announcements.  \nZOOM INFO:  \nTopic: Second Tuesday Poetry with Jeanne Wagner and Sara Coito\nTime: Aug 11\, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) \nJoin from PC\, Mac\, Linux\, iOS or Android: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/96637283440 \nOr iPhone one-tap (US Toll):  +16699006833\,96637283440#  or +12532158782\,96637283440# \nOr Telephone:\n    Dial:\n    +1 669 900 6833 (US Toll)\n    +1 253 215 8782 (US Toll)\n    +1 346 248 7799 (US Toll)\n    +1 646 876 9923 (US Toll)\n    +1 301 715 8592 (US Toll)\n    +1 312 626 6799 (US Toll)\n    Meeting ID: 966 3728 3440\n    International numbers available: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/u/adCWB3orhv \nOr Skype for Business (Lync):\n    SIP:96637283440@lync.zoom.us
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-on-zoom-8-2020/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200714T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200714T200000
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin’ Dog – On Zoom!
DESCRIPTION:We will be holding our Second Tuesday poetry reading series on July 14th\, 2020\, via Zoom. We hope you’ll join us. Please see the flyer above for more information on our featured poets\, Connie Post and Michael Meyerhofer. \nLive links for reading here:\nFor the open mic: https://padlet.com/beratliss/j0ynareusug2u61c\nFor the Zoom reading: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/99196095308
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-7-2020/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200609T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200609T193000
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog - On Zoom!
DESCRIPTION:We will be holding our Second Tuesday poetry reading series on June 9th\, 2020\, via Zoom. We hope you’ll join us. Please see the flyer above for more information on our featured poets\, Karen Terrey and Dane Cervine.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-6-2020/
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200512T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200512T193000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062716
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Poetry: Ulalume González de León
DESCRIPTION:Join the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center via Zoom on the second Tuesday in May to celebrate the publication of Ulalume González de León’s PLAGIOS/PLAGIARISMS VOL. 1\, with project translators Terry Ehret\, John Johnson\, and Nancy J. Morales. \nPoet\, essayist\, and translator Ulalume González de León believed that “Everything has already been said\,” and\, thus\, that each act of creation is a rewriting\, reshuffling\, and reconstructing of one great work. For this reason\, she chose the title Plagios (Plagiarisms) for her book of collected poems. Nobel Laureate Octavio Paz called Ulalume González de León “the best Mexicana poet since Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz\,” recognizing the visionary quality of her work. \nPlagios (Plagiarisms)\, just out this year from Sixteen Rivers Press\, is the first of three bilingual volumes of González de León’s work. This first volume presents several short collections of poems González de León produced from 1968 to 1971\, each of which explores the ephemeral nature of identity and its dependence on the ever-shifting ground of language and memory. \nABOUT THE TRANSLATORS \nTerry Ehret\, one of the founders of Sixteen Rivers Press\, has published four collections of poetry\, most recently Night Sky Journey from Kelly’s Cove Press. Her literary awards include the National Poetry Series\, the California Book Award\, the Pablo Neruda Poetry Prize\, a nomination for the Northern California Book Reviewer’s Award\, and five Pushcart Prize nominations. From 2004–2006\, she served as the poet laureate of Sonoma County where she lives and teaches writing. \nNancy J. Morales\, a first-generation American of Puerto Rican parents\, earned her bachelor’s degree from Rutgers College\, a master’s in teaching English as a Second Language from Adelphi University\, and a doctorate in education from Teachers College at Columbia University. She has taught at Dominican University\, College of Marin\, Sonoma State University\, and other schools\, from elementary to graduate levels. Currently she is a board member for the Northern California Chapter of the Fulbright Alumni Association and teaches Spanish to private clients. \nJohn Johnson’s poetry has appeared in many print and online journals\, including Boxcar Poetry Review\, Clade Song\, Triggerfish Critical Review\, and Web Conjunctions. He is a long-time student of the Spanish language and has studied letter-press printing with Iota Press of Sebastopol\, producing chapbooks and bilingual broadsides. \nZoom at 6 pm: \nJoin from PC\, Mac\, Linux\, iOS or Android:https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/98189086098 \nOr iPhone one-tap (US Toll):  +16699006833\,98189086098#  or +12532158782\,98189086098#  \nOr Telephone:\n    Dial:\n    +1 669 900 6833 (US Toll)\n    +1 253 215 8782 (US Toll)\n    +1 346 248 7799 (US Toll)\n    +1 301 715 8592 (US Toll)\n    +1 312 626 6799 (US Toll)\n    +1 646 876 9923 (US Toll)\n    Meeting ID: 981 8908 6098\n    International numbers available: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/u/aAa63PMfu
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-poetry-ulalume-gonzalez-de-leon/
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stella Beratlis":MAILTO:stellab@mostpoetry.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200512T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200512T190000
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog - on Zoom!
DESCRIPTION:Save the date! We will be holding our Second Tuesday poetry reading series on May 12th\, 2020\, via Zoom. We hope you’ll join us. Check back here for more information soon\, or email us at info@mostpoetry.org.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-on-zoom/
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200310T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200310T200000
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Series featuring Josh McKinney & Lisa Dominguez Abraham
DESCRIPTION:Braid fresh flowers into your hair and perform pagan rituals as we ponder the newly-hatched world of SPRING. \nOr you could just come to this poetry reading! \nJoin Modesto poet laureate Stella Beratlis as she presents featured poets Josh McKinney and Lisa Dominguez Abraham. \nJoshua McKinney’s most recent book of poetry is Small Sillion (Parlor Press\, 2019). His work has appeared in such journals as Boulevard\, Denver Quarterly\, Kenyon Review\, New American Writing\, and many others. He is the recipient of The Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize\, The Dickinson Prize\, The Pavement Saw Chapbook Prize\, and a Gertrude Stein Award for Innovative Writing. He is coeditor of the online ecopoetry zine\, Clade Song. He teaches at California State University\, Sacramento. \nLisa Dominguez Abraham’s poems have appeared in journals such as Southern Review\, North American Review and Poetry East. Her collection Mata Hari Blows a Kiss won the 2016 Swan Scythe Chapbook Contest\, and her book Coyote Logic came out from Blue Oak Press in February 2019. She works at Cosumnes River College. \nBring a poem to share during our open mic following the featured poets’ readings. Since it’s almost spring\, let’s explore the themes darkness and light.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/march2020/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stella Beratlis":MAILTO:stellab@mostpoetry.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200221T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200221T210000
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SUMMARY:Words Worth Speaking: Brandon Leake and Angela Drew
DESCRIPTION:The MJC Library & Learning Center and the MJC Black Student Union invite you to a poetry event at the East Campus L & LC. \nFeaturing performers Brandon Leake and Angela Drew. \nBring a poem to read + submit your work to the WWS zine. \nBrandon Leake is an award-winning spoken word poet\, artistic educator\, and motivational speaker from Stockton\, CA. His creative blend of art\, charisma\, and passion tailored to his own unique personal narrative has taken him across the world as a speaker and performer. Brandon has performed in New Zealand\, Mexico\, Canada\, and 36 states around the country for his Dark Side Tour which promotes his first published poetry chapbook and his album Deficients: A Tale From My Dark Side\, a project rooted in transparency and healing. Brandon is also the founder and CEO of Called To Move – CTM\, an arts organization whose mission is to aid youth in self-actualization and personal development through poetry. Through Called to Move\, Brandon had led youth workshops around the world and in his hometown of Stockton. \nAngela Drew is a teacher\, mother\, poet\, and spoken word performer who has loved the rhythm of words for as long as she can remember. Born in Berkeley\, CA\, she began writing at age eight and has always understood that words have the power to soothe\, stir\, or solidify connection. Thus\, her lifelong love affair with storytelling began. Angela has performed at various venues throughout the Modesto\, Sacramento and Bay Areas\, including Modesto Junior College\, Modesto’s inaugural “Ill List Poetry Slam” at the State Theater\, the Gallo Center for the Arts\, in a Sankofa Community Theater production of The Journey—The African American Experience\, and at various other venues. Her recent poetry is included in COLLISION VI\, the February 2020 exhibit at the Mistlin Gallery which features poet-photographer collaborations
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/words-worth-speaking-brandon-leake-and-angela-drew/
LOCATION:Modesto Junior College Library & Learning Center\, 435 College Ave.\, Modesto\, CA\, 95350\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other Events,Readings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stella Beratlis":MAILTO:stellab@mostpoetry.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200220T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200220T210000
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SUMMARY:Collision VI: Intersection of Photography and Poetry
DESCRIPTION:COLLISION VI: At the Intersection of Poetry and Photography \nJoin us on Thursday\, Feb. 20 at 7:30 pm for artists reception and reading at the Mistlin Gallery. Featuring 17 poets\, 17 photographers\, and 2 painters who merged their talents to create singular work or art consisting of words and images. \nPoets:\nGillian Wegener\nSara Coito\nJosslyn Turner\nLinda Scheller\nAngela Drew\nTheresa Rojas\nLynn Hansen\nMelchor Sahagun\nDan Schmidt\nVielka Solano\nKaren Baker\nStella Beratlis\nCristina Sandoval\nSheila Landre\ndebee lloyd\nLillian Vallee\nSal Salerno \nPhotographers: \nDavid Schroeder\nRebecca Harvey\nMiguel Trejo\nBill Harris\nEm McLaren\nShirley Stevens\nCarolyn Huff\nNoah Wilson\nLorraine Nilson\nKrystle Lisek\nDan Souza\nAdrian Mendoza\nHeath Vanderpol\nJohn Wynn\nAlyn Brereton\nPeter David Lee \nThe COLLISION VI exhibit runs from Feb. 4 – 28. \nCOLLISION VI is a production of FotoModesto\, sponsored by FocusOn\, a not-for-profit corporation.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/collision-vi-intersection-of-photography-and-poetry/
LOCATION:Mistlin Gallery\, 1015 J Street\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other Events,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200211T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200211T200000
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Second Tuesday Barkin’ Dog reading on February 11th at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto.  Featured poets include Zaid Shlah. An open mic will follow the featured reading\, so bring a poem or two to share.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-2-2020/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200202T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200202T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062716
CREATED:20191212T020052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200119T021500Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry on Sunday Series
DESCRIPTION:Come join us at the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock for 2020’s first installment of our quarterly reading series! Click the image at right to download the PDF flyer\, and see below for bios of our featured readers. \nBarbara Swift Brauer is a freelance writer living in San Geronimo\, California. Her poems have appeared in journals and anthologies as well as in art exhibitions and installations. She is the author of two collections from Sixteen Rivers Press: Rain\, Like a Thief (2019) and At Ease in the Borrowed World (2013). With portrait artist Jackie Kirk\, Barbara is coauthor of the nonfiction book\, Witness: The Artist’s Vision in “The Face of AIDS” (Pomegranate Artbooks\, 1996). \nBethanie Humphreys is a writer\, editor\, and mixed-media visual artist. She is a Sacramento Poetry Center board member\, SPC Art Gallery curator\, Associate Editor for Tule Review\, and was Editor-in-Chief for the 2015 American River Review. Her chapbook\, Dendrochronology\, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2019\, and her poetry\, short fiction\, and art have appeared in various publications in the U.S. and U.K. including:  Artemis\, Nonbinary Review\, The Found Poetry Review\, American River Review\, and Sacramento Voices. She is a California Certified Naturalist and teaches creative writing workshops as a certified Amherst Writers and Artists method instructor. \nMaya Khosla is the poet laureate of Sonoma County (2018–20). Her new poetry book is All the Fires of Wind and Light (Sixteen Rivers Press\, 2019). Her work in the natural world has led her into the wild\, to the page\, and to the screen. She has documented forests\, fire scientists\, and firefighters talking about ways to be wise about wildfire. Maya’s work has taken her across coastal India\, Kenya\, and the United States. Her poems have also been collected in Keel Bone (Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize\, Bear Star Press) and in Heart of the Tearing (Red Dust Press). Her essays have appeared in Flyway\, Yes Magazine\, Humans and Nature\, and elsewhere. She has written for the films Village of Dust\, City of Water\, and Shifting Undercurrents\, and is working on a film about being “Firewise” in a time of climate change.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-on-sunday-series-2-2020/
LOCATION:Carnegie Arts Center\, Gemperle Gallery\, 250 N. Broadway Ave.\, Turlock\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Poetry on Sunday Series,Readings
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200201T160000
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SUMMARY:8th Annual Modesto Poetry Festival
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to announce the details of our 8th Annual Modesto Poetry Festival\, coming up on February 1st\, 2020! \nEach year in February we organize and hold an all-day poetry festival featuring workshops\, readings\, and a featured poet. This year\, we are proud to welcome Lee Herrick and Camille Norton as our guest poets and workshop leaders. \nJoin us on Saturday\, February 1st\, 2020 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Modesto for a day of poetry\, learning\, and inspiration! Click on the image at right to download the PDF flyer\, and you can click here to download the registration form (which also has details about this year’s festival poetry contest). \nThemes for this year’s contest are 1. The Graceful Stumble; 2. Handling Earth with Care; 3. Notre Dame; 4. Following a Thread. Submissions to the poetry contest must be postmarked by the CONTEST DEADLINE: JANUARY 11\, 2020. Please see the form for more information. \n\nLee Herrick has authored three poetry books\, Scar and Flower\, Gardening Secrets of the Dead\, and This\nMany Miles from Desire. His poems have also appeared in numerous literary magazines and anthologies. He is co-editor of The World I Leave You: Asian American Poets on Faith and Spirit (forthcoming in Spring\, 2020 from Orison Books). Born in Daejeon\, Korea\, Lee served as Fresno Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017\, and teaches at Sierra Nevada College and Fresno City College. \nCamille Norton’s first collection of poems\, published by HarperPerennial\, was a National Poetry Series winner in 2004. Other honors include the Grolier Prize in Poetry\, accolades from the National Endowment\nof the Humanities\, and residencies at the MacDowell Art Colony and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Professor of English at University of the Pacific in Stockton\, Camille co-edited Resurgent: New Writing by Women\, featuring experimental writing by women in literature\, film\, and the visual arts. Her latest poetry book is A Folio in the Dark (Sixteen Rivers).
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/8th-annual-modesto-poetry-festival/
LOCATION:St. Paul’s Episcopal Church\, 1528 Oakdale Road\, Modesto\, CA\, 95355\, United States
CATEGORIES:Contests,Other Events,Readings,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200114T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200114T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062716
CREATED:20191212T014817Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Second Tuesday Barkin’ Dog reading on January 14th at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto. An open mic will follow the featured reading\, so bring a poem or two to share.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-1-2020/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191210T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191210T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062716
CREATED:20191006T183233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191006T183233Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Second Tuesday Barkin’ Dog reading on December 10th at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto. An open mic will follow the featured reading\, so bring a poem or two to share.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-12-2019/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191201T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191201T170000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062716
CREATED:20191107T000835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191107T000915Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry on Sunday Series
DESCRIPTION:Come join us at the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock for the third installment of our quarterly reading series! Click the image at right to download the PDF flyer\, and see below for bios of our featured readers. \nAsh Young currently lives in Modesto with her husband\, two sons\, and two Pomeranians. She writes poetry about her life\, and hopes to never be famous. \nBorn in Canada\, and of Iraqi heritage\, Zaid Shlah currently resides in Northern California with his family. His poetry has appeared in literary magazines\, journals\, and anthologies in both Canada and the U. S. In May of 2005\, he was awarded the American Academy of Poets Award. His first book of poetry\, Taqsim\, was published in the US and in Canada (Frontenac House\, 2006). His second book of poems and essays is entitled Clockwork (Frontenac House\, 2015). He teaches composition and literature at Modesto Junior College. \nLee Herrick is the author of three books of poems: Scar and Flower\, Gardening Secrets of the Dead\, and This Many Miles from Desire. His poems appear widely in literary magazines\, textbooks\, and anthologies\, including Columbia Poetry Review\, The Poetry Foundation\, Indivisible: Poems of Social Justice and Here: Poems for the Planet\, with an introduction by the Dalai Lama. He is co-editor of The World I Leave You: Asian American Poets on Faith and Spirit (forthcoming in Spring 2020 by Orison Books). Born in Daejeon\, Korea and adopted to the United States\, he served as Fresno Poet Laureate (2015-2017) and teaches at Fresno City College and the MFA Program at Sierra Nevada College.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-on-sunday-series-12-2019/
LOCATION:Carnegie Arts Center\, Gemperle Gallery\, 250 N. Broadway Ave.\, Turlock\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Poetry on Sunday Series,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191112T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191112T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062716
CREATED:20191006T182818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191006T182818Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Second Tuesday Barkin’ Dog reading on November 12th at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto. An open mic will follow the featured reading\, so bring a poem or two to share.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-11-2019/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191015T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191015T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062716
CREATED:20190923T180525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191006T182615Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Second Tuesday Barkin’ Dog reading on October 15th at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto with featured readers Paul Neuman and Amy Miller. An open mic will follow the featured reading\, so bring a poem or two to share.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-10-2019/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190913T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190913T203000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062716
CREATED:20190812T004042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190830T232242Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading: Odilia Galván Rodríguez
DESCRIPTION:Save the date for a special upcoming poetry reading with poet and activist Odilia Galván Rodríguez at the College Avenue United Church of Christ. \nAbout Odilia Galván Rodríguez (bio: University of Arizona Poetry Center) \nOdilia Galván Rodríguez\, poet\, writer\, editor\, educator\, and activist\, is the author of six volumes of poetry\, her latest\, The Nature of Things\, is a collaboration with Texas photographer\, Richard Loya\, by Merced College Press 2016. Also\, along with the late Francisco X. Alarcón\, she edited the award-winning anthology\, Poetry of Resistance: Voices for Social Justice\, University of Arizona Press\, 2016.  This poetry of witness anthology\, the first of its kind\, because it came about because of the on-line organizing work of Alarcón\, Galván Rodriguez\, and other poet-activists which began as a response to the proposal of SB 1070\, the racial profiling law which was eventually passed by the Arizona State Legislature in 2010\, and later that year\, HB 2281which bans ethnic studies. With the advent of the Facebook page Poets Responding (to SB 1070) thousands of poems were submitted witnessing racism\, xenophobia\, and other social justice issues which culminated in the anthology. \nGalván Rodríguez has worked as an editor for various print media such as Matrix Women’s News Magazine\, Community Mural’s Magazine\, and Tricontinental Magazine in Havana\, Cuba. She is currently\, the editor of Cloud Women’s Quarterly Journal online; facilitates creative writing workshops nationally\, and is director of Poets Responding (to SB 1070) and Love and Prayers for Fukushima\, both Facebook pages dedicated to bringing attention to social justice issues that affect the lives and wellbeing of many people and encouraging people to act. Her poetry has appeared in numerous anthologies\, and literary journals on and offline. \nAs an activist\, she worked for the United Farm Workers of America AFL-CIO\, The East Bay Institute for Urban Arts\, has served on numerous boards and commissions\, and is currently active in Women’s organizations whose mission it is to educate around environmental justice issues and disseminate an indigenous world view regarding the earth and people’s custodial relationship to it. Odilia Galván Rodríguez has a long and rich history of working for social justice in solidarity with activists from all ethnic groups.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-reading-odilia-galvan-rodriguez/
LOCATION:College Avenue United Church of Christ\, 1341 College Ave\, Modesto\, CA\, 95350\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190910T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190910T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062716
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Second Tuesday Barkin’ Dog reading on September 10th at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto. An open mic will follow the featured reading\, so bring a poem or two to share.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-9-2019/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190907T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190907T170000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062716
CREATED:20190812T002531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190812T002531Z
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SUMMARY:The Writers' Block @ Barnes & Noble
DESCRIPTION:Modesto’s Barnes and Noble is hosting The Writer’s Block\, an afternoon celebration of writing in our area\, on September 7 from noon to 5pm. This event will include panels\, readings\, and book signings. This is also a bookfair fundraiser benefiting Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center (MoSt). Mention the bookfair or use the ID 12545562 and a percentage of the profits from your purchase will go back to MoSt to support the work we do promoting poetry throughout Stanislaus County. \nThis is going to be a great day! We hope you can stop by!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/the-writers-block-barnes-noble/
LOCATION:Barnes & Noble\, 3501 McHenry Ave\, Suite E\, Modesto\, CA\, 95356\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other Events,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190818T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190818T170000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062716
CREATED:20190724T212748Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry on Sunday Series
DESCRIPTION:Come join us at the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock for the third installment of our quarterly reading series! Click the image at right to download the PDF flyer\, and see below for bios of our featured readers. \nSara Coito is a Central Valley native whose claim to fame is that she and Megan Rapinoe share an alma mater. She seeks to explore ugly emotions\, the struggle and ease of intimacy\, and the plurality of devotion in her poetry. Her other passions include music\, making pictures\, working in kindergarten classrooms\, eggs for breakfast\, and snail mail. You can find her earlier work in Sigma Tau Delta’s Rectangle and University of Portland’s Writers magazine. Connect with her via email at coitosk@gmail.com or Instagram @thecoits. \nIngrid Keriotis is a former MJC English instructor. Her first book of poetry\, It Started with the Wild Horses\, was published in April and is available at ingridkeriotis.com. Ingrid currently teaches at Sierra College in Grass Valley. When it comes to writing poetry\, she believes in Richard Hugo’s advice: “You owe reality nothing and the truth about your feelings everything.” \nJoshua McKinney’s most recent book of poetry is Small Sillion (Parlor Press\, 2019). His work has appeared in such journals as Boulevard\, Denver Quarterly\, Kenyon Review\, New American Writing\, and many others. He is the recipient of The Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize\, The Dickinson Prize\, The Pavement Saw Chapbook Prize\, and a Gertrude Stein Award for Innovative Writing. He is co-editor of the online eco-poetry zine\, Clade Song. He teaches at California State University\, Sacramento.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-on-sunday-series-2/
LOCATION:Carnegie Arts Center\, Gemperle Gallery\, 250 N. Broadway Ave.\, Turlock\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Poetry on Sunday Series,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190813T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190813T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062716
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Second Tuesday Barkin’ Dog reading on August 13th at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto\, featuring poets Pos Moa and Yu-Han Chao. An open mic will follow the featured reading\, so bring a poem or two to share. \nPos Moua is a Hmong-American writer\, educator\, and poet who lives in Merced with his wife and their five children. He is the author of the chapbook “Towards the World Where the Torches Are Burning” (Swan Scythe Press\, 2001)\, the first published work from a Hmong American poet. He has published work in How Do I Begin?: A Hmong American Literary Anthology\, Tilting the Continent: Southeast Asian American Writing\, UC Davis Poetry Review\, Sacramento’s “Poetry Now\,” and National Poetry.” Pos Moua’s new book\, Karst Mountains Will Bloom\, was published by Blue Oak Press in April 2019. \nYu-Han (Eugenia) Chao was born and grew up in Taipei\, Taiwan. Her poetry books & chapbooks were published by Another New Calligraphy\, BOAAT Press\, Dancing Girl Press\, and University of Nebraska Press. Her new short story collection\, Sex & Taipei City\, is now out with Red Hen Press. She maintains a blog at www.yuhanchao.com about nursing school.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-8-2019/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190709T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190709T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062716
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Second Tuesday Barkin’ Dog reading on July 9th at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto. An open mic will follow the featured reading\, so bring a poem or two to share. \nStay tuned for more info!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-7-2019/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190611T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190611T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062716
CREATED:20190609T202145Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190609T202145Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Second Tuesday Barkin’ Dog reading on June 11th at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto. Our featured poets will be Stella Beratlis and Gillian Wegener. Wegener has been running the Barkin’ Dog series for the past 10 years and is now handing the reins over to Beratlis\, who will carry on with new energy and all her grace and verve and humor. And there will be cake! \nAn open mic will follow the featured reading\, so bring a poem or two to share. \nStella Beratlis is the author of Alkali Sink and the poet laureate of Modesto. Her work has been published in California Quarterly\, In Posse Review\, hardpan\, Song of the San Joaquin\, Penumbra\, and Quercus Review as well as the anthology The Place That Inhabits Us: Poems of the San Francisco Bay Watershed. She is a librarian at Modesto Junior College. \nGillian Wegener is the author of two collections of poetry\, both from Sixteen Rivers Press\, The Opposite of Clairvoyance (2008) and This Sweet Haphazard (2017). Her work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle and is forthcoming from MockingHeart Review. Wegener is a co-founder of the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center\, has served as poet laureate for the City of Modesto\, and started this reading series in June of 2009.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-6-2019/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190519T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190519T170000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062716
CREATED:20190413T054403Z
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SUMMARY:Aileen Jaffa Poetry Contest Awards Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Come join us at the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock for the Awards Ceremony for this year’s Aileen Jaffa Young Poets Contest! First\, second and third place winners in each category will receive cash awards from the MoSt Poetry Center. Prizes are: First Place $25\, Second Place $15\, Third Place $10. In addition\, the Modesto Branch of the National League of American Pen Women will award a $60 Aileen Jaffa Outstanding Poem award in each of two combined categories\, Categories 1 and 2\, and Categories 3 and 4. The current president of the NLAPW Modesto chapter will present the awards\, and you’ll get to hear a reading featuring the winning poems.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/aileen-jaffa-poetry-contest-awards-ceremony-3/
LOCATION:Carnegie Arts Center\, Gemperle Gallery\, 250 N. Broadway Ave.\, Turlock\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Contests,Poetry on Sunday Series,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190514T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190514T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062716
CREATED:20190413T054214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190509T171418Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Second Tuesday Barkin’ Dog reading on May 14th at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto. Our featured poets will be Molly Fisk and Ingrid Keriotis. \nAn open mic will follow the featured reading\, so bring a poem or two to share. \nPoet and radio commentator Molly Fisk was chosen by the Academy of American Poets as one of the inaugural American Poet Laureate Fellows. She’s also received grants from the NEA and the CA Arts Council. Fisk is the author of The More Difficult Beauty\, among other collections\, and lives in Nevada City\, CA. \nIngrid Keriotis‘ first book of poetry\, It Started with the Wild Horses\, is now available from Finishing Line Press. Her poems are also included in the anthology\, More Than Soil\, More Than Sky: the Modesto Poets. In writing\, she believes in Richard Hugo’s advice: “You owe reality nothing and the truth about your feelings everything.” Ingrid lives in the Sierra Nevada foothills and teaches writing to community college students.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-9/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190505T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190505T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062716
CREATED:20190413T054023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190413T054023Z
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SUMMARY:City of Modesto Poets' Corner Reading
DESCRIPTION:The annual Poets’ Corner contest is open to all Stanislaus County residents. Poets will read their winning poems on Sunday\, May 5\, 2019\, at 1 p.m. at the McHenry Museum\, followed by light refreshments. \nWinning poems will be printed in a booklet that will be placed in the Poets’ Bookshelf\, which contains published works by local writers and will be kept at the McHenry Museum. Each winner will receive a copy of the booklet.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/city-of-modesto-poets-corner-reading/
LOCATION:McHenry Museum\, 1402 14th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings
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