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SUMMARY:City of Modesto Poets Corner Contest Deadline
DESCRIPTION:The Poets Corner Poetry Contest is sponsored by the Modesto Poets’ Corner Committee\, a subcommittee of the Modesto Culture Commission. \nWHO MAY ENTER\nPoets of any age who reside in Stanislaus County* \nGENERAL: Any kind of poetry on any subject\, rhymed or\nunrhymed. Free verse and form welcome. Group of three haiku\naccepted as one entry. \nSPECIAL: Gratitude and Hope: How can we be grateful and\nhopeful in these challenging times? How could we be open to our\nneed to discover and share hope and chances for joy? How do we\ncreate time and space to care about being alive? What might happen\nwith gratitude and hope? \nDeadline\nEntries must be postmarked by Friday\, March 18\, 2022 or submitted electronically by 11:59 pm on Friday\, March 18\, 2022. \n  \nWINNERS \nWinners will be notified by email (or mail\, when email is unavailable.) \nPoets will be invited to read their winning poems on Sunday\, May 15\, 2022 at 1:00 P.M. at the McHenry Museum\, followed by light refreshments. \nAll building uses are subject to COVID-19 protocols and restrictions. All uses are subject to change and may be canceled or adjusted at owner’s discretion for compliance. Winning poems will be collected in a booklet. Each winner will receive a booklet\, and a copy will be added to the Poets’ Bookshelf at the McHenry Museum. \nPLEASE GO TO the City of Modesto’s Poets’ Corner Page for the entry form and full submission instructions.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/city-of-modesto-poets-corner-contest-deadline/
CATEGORIES:Contests,Submission Opportunities
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Poetry presents Naming the Lost: The Fresno Poets Reading
DESCRIPTION:MoSt is thrilled to host a Zoom reading with Christopher Buckley\, Gordon Preston\, Lee Herrick\, and Sam Pereira\, who will talk about and read work from the anthology Naming the Lost: The Fresno Poets. The reading will include poems and excerpts from interviews and essays.  \nWith open mic following the featured poets; 3 minutes per reader. \nWhen: Tuesday\, March 8\, 2022 at 7 pm PST\nWhere: Zoom (RSVP in advance for link: https://tinyurl.com/4c3byekj)  \nLink for open mic signup: https://forms.gle/xVfDF4hUx89REVmq7 \n 
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-poetry-presents-naming-the-lost-the-fresno-poets-reading/
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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SUMMARY:Modesto Poetry Festival with Danusha Laméris & Gary Thomas
DESCRIPTION:Danusha Laméris will lead a workshop on Knowing and Not-Knowing: Navigating Certainty and Uncertainty Through Poetic Gesture in the morning. Following a brief break\, Gary Thomas will lead an afternoon workshop. \nWriting is a way of knowing. It asks us to examine memory\, certainty\, and the possibility of revelation. We will explore how we can use the pivots of gesture to complicate our work\, layer certainty with uncertainty\, knowing with not-knowing. Let’s learn how to engage ourselves\, and our readers\, by unraveling what we’ve just said. You’ll see how this brings work to life\, and can lead us to our own epiphanies. While I will be sharing sample work from poems\, this can be applied to poetry and prose. \nDanusha Laméris is the author of The Moons of August (Autumn House\, 2014)\, which was chosen by Naomi Shihab Nye as the winner of the Autumn House Press poetry prize and was a finalist for the Milt Kessler Book Award. Some of her poems have been published in: The Best American Poetry\, The New York Times\, The American Poetry Review\, Prairie Schooner\, The SUN Magazine\, Tin House\, The Gettysburg Review\, and Ploughshares. Her second book\, Bonfire Opera\, (University of Pittsburgh Press\, 2020)\, was a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize\, and winner of a 2021 Northern California Book Award. The 2020 recipient of the Lucille Clifton Legacy Award\, she teaches poetry independently\, and is a Poet Laureate emeritus of Santa Cruz County\, California. She is currently on the faculty of Pacific University’s low-residency MFA program. \nAbout: Laméris is an American poet born to a Dutch father and a Caribbean mother from the island of Barbados. She was raised in the California Bay Area\, spending her early years in Mill Valley\, then moving to Berkeley\, where she attended The College Preparatory School. Since graduating with a degree in Studio Art from The University of California at Santa Cruz\, she has lived in the foothills of the Santa Cruz mountains. \nGary Thomas: Shoulds and Shelters: Carving Out Corners of Presence \nAmid the duties we think we “should” be performing for the benefit or opinions of others\, how—to paraphrase James Crews— do we give ourselves permission to do nothing and allow for the space from which a sudden gratefulness can naturally arise? How do we carve out a space and time—and shelter—to practice? \nPrior to retirement\, Gary Thomas taught eighth grade language arts for thirty-one years and junior college English for seven\, sharing and discussing at least one poem every day with students. He has had poems published in In the Grove\, Time of Singing\, and The Comstock Review\, among others\, and in the anthologies More Than Soil\, More Than Sky: The Modesto Poets and three of the Collision series. He is currently vice president of Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center. He has a forthcoming book published by Finishing Line Press titled All the Connecting Lights. \nTickets $15; RSVP on Eventbrite (https://2022festival.eventbrite.com) for Zoom link.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/modesto-poetry-festival-with-danusha-lameris/
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:MoSt Poetry Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Dust Bowl Venus by Stella Beratlis (Sixteen Rivers Press\, 2021) \nJoin our online discussion  of Dust Bowl Venus by Stella Beratlis on Wednesday\, February 23\, 2022 at 6:30pm PT. Prior reading is not required. Copies of the book are available to borrow at the circulation desk of the Modesto Stanislaus County Library.  To check on the books’ status\, please call 209-558-7808. \nRegister in advance for the Zoom link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vc-Gtqz0pHdQn9dapR_G_8EvWCeuvrtvg \n\n“With tenderness\, wit and humor\, Dust Bowl Venus explores the fragility of love\, good health an:d the earth. Rooted not just in the places of the City of Modesto but also in the music\, legends\, and community of the Central Valley\, these poems brilliantly reflect a struggle to find beauty in the contradictions of our contemporary lives. Amazingly thoughtful and musical\, these are poems we should all read.” —July Halebsky\, author of Sky=Empty\, Tree Line\, and Spring and a Thousand Years (Unabridged) \n“Stella Beratlis’s Dust Bowl Venus animates California’s Central Valley as a postmodern Prometheus\, an eco-sapient Frankenstein with whom we wrangle\, wrestle\, and fall madly in love. Marked with sass and grit and grace\, Beratlis’s imagistic associations jolt and jump cut in powers of ten. These poems stir us with the urgency of the Anthropocene\, excite ‘a thicket of nerves\,’ and form a ‘mycorrhizal web’ that connects us to the mantle of deep time.” —Rosa Lane\, author of Chouteau’s Chalk and Tiller North \n“The poems in Stella Beratlis’s Dust Bowl Venus ring with the clarity of a shovel strike against stone\, each line cracking against the next\, igniting spark after glorious spark. And yet\, like the seasonal lake bed on which Modesto sits\, like the many hands ‘making mud out of dry soil\,; every poem aches toward tenderness. In one poem\, Beratlis asks ‘What grows here?’ before revealing the bounty—heirloom tomatoes\, holy basil\, kindness—that can be coaxed from this ‘city of drought.’ But darker things grow here\, too: a tumor ‘the consistency of a potato\,’ fear\, terror that ‘builds cell by sticky cell.’ Here\, to grow\, and to love\, is to risk vulnerability. These ‘bone and ligament narratives’ of grief and yearning\, illness and healing\, perseverance and resistance\, beat with so much heart in this fiercely beautiful book.” —Erin Rodoni\, author of Body\, in Good Light and A Landscape for Loss \n\nStella Beratlis grew up in a second-generation Greek-American family in Northern California. Her latest collection\, Dust Bowl Venus\, was published in May 2021. She is also the author of Alkali Sink (Sixteen Rivers Press\, 2015). Her work has also appeared in numerous journals\, including Harbor Review\, Penumbra\, Song of the San Joaquin\, In-Posse Review\, and California Quarterly\, as well as in the anthologies The Place That Inhabits Us: Poems from the San Francisco Bay Watershed (Sixteen Rivers Press\, 2010) and California Fire and Water: A Climate Crisis Anthology (Story Streets\, 2020). She is coeditor of the collection More Than Soil\, More Than Sky: The Modesto Poets (Quercus Review Press\, 2011) and served as the poet laureate of Modesto from 2016–2020. Beratlis lives in Modesto and is a librarian there. \nYou are invited to a Zoom meeting.\nWhen: Feb 23\, 2022 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) \nRegister in advance for this meeting: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vc-Gtqz0pHdQn9dapR_G_8EvWCeuvrtvg \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-poetry-book-club/
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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SUMMARY:Poetry on Sunday Series featuring Heather Altfeld and Troy Jollimore
DESCRIPTION:Join host Gary Thomas and our featured readers Heather Altfeld and Troy Jollimore for the February 13th\, 2022 edition of MoSt’s Poetry On Sunday Series readings on Zoom\, beginning at 2:00pmPacific Time.          \nHeather Altfeld’s second book of poems\, Post Mortem\, published in 2021 by Orison Books\, was selected by Eric Pankey for the 2019 Orison Prize.  Her first book\, The Disappearing Theatre\, won the 2015 Poets at Work Prize.  She is the 2017 recipient of the Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry.  Her work appears or is forthcoming in Conjunctions Magazine\, Aeon\, Orion Magazine\, Narrative\, ZYZZYVA\, Poetry Northwest\, and others.  She teaches in the Honors Program and for the Department of Comparative Religion and Humanities at California State University\, Chico. \n \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \nTroy Jollimore is the author of four books of poetry and three books of philosophy\, as well as numerous articles\, essays\, and reviews.  His first collection of poetry\, Tom Thomson in Purgatory\, won the National Book Critics Circle award in poetry for 2006.  His third\, Syllabus of Errors\, appeared on the New York Times’ list of the best books of poetry published in 2015.  His most recent collection of poetry\, Earthly Delights\, was published by Princeton University Press in 2021.  He is currently a Professor in the Philosophy Department at California State University\, Chico.  His poems have appeared in publications including the New Yorker\, Poetry Magazine\, McSweeney’s\, Tin House\, and The Best American Poetry 2020. \n  \nTo attend the February 13\, 2022  Poetry on Sunday Series reading\, please register using the link below. \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcucuGtrDIvHNMw1JjSYCkeUpOrZlGJHTMR \n 
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-on-sunday-series-february-13-2022-at-200pm-pacific-time-featuring-troy-jollimore-and-heather-altfeld/
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Kelly Cressio-Moeller & John Sibley Williams
DESCRIPTION:The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center is pleased to present the Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Kelly Cressio-Moeller and John Sibley Williams\, hosted by Stella Beratlis with an open mic following the featured poets.  \nTuesday\, February 8\, 2022 \n7 pm PST \nRSVP for Zoom  \nSign up for open mic (3 mins per reader) \nKelly Cressio-Moeller\nKelly Cressio-Moeller is a poet and visual artist. Her poems have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes\, Best New Poets\, and Best of the Net\, and have appeared widely in journals and at literary websites including Gargoyle\, North American Review\, Poet Lore\, Salamander\, THRUSH Poetry Journal\, Valparaiso Poetry Review\, Water~Stone Review\, and ZYZZYVA\, among others. An associate editor at Glass Lyre Press\, she lives in the Bay Area with her husband\, two sons\, and basset hound. Shade of Blue Trees from Two Sylvias Press (Finalist for the Wilder Prize) is her first poetry collection. Visit her website at www.kellycressiomoeller.com \nJohn Sibley Williams\nJohn Sibley Williams is the author of seven poetry collections. The most recent are the forthcoming Scale Model of a Country at Dawn (winner of the Cider Press Review Book Award\, 2021) and The Drowning House (Elixir Press Poetry Award\, 2021)\, just published this month. A twenty-six-time Pushcart nominee\, John is the winner of numerous awards\, including the Laux/Millar Prize\, Wabash Prize\, Philip Booth Award and others. Previous publishing credits include Best American Poetry\, Yale Review\, Midwest Quarterly\, Southern Review\, Prairie Schooner\, and Poetry Northwest\, among many others. John holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Rivier University and an MA in Book Publishing from Portland State University. He is the founder and head teacher of Caesura Poetry Workshop\, a virtual workshop series\, and he serves as co-founder and editor of The Inflectionist Review. He also works as a poetry editor and book coach. John lives in Portland\, Oregon. \n 
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-poetry-featuring-kelly-cressio-moeller-john-sibley-williams/
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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SUMMARY:Coffee\, Tea\, and Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Coffee\, Tea\, and Poetry Sunday\, January 30\, 2022 4:00 P. M. (PST) hosted by MoSt Board member/Modesto Poet Laureate Sal Salerno. \nIt’s a very enjoyable chance to share a couple of poems from a new or favorite poetry book you’re reading now while learning about what other poetry folk are reading as you sip your favorite afternoon beverage! \nRegister in advance for this event:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vd-2orT8tHdB4O3aPQT3jxtskobmOxdAG \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/coffee-tea-and-poetry-5/
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220111T190000
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Erin Rodoni & Dana Koster
DESCRIPTION:The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center invites you to the first Second Tuesday Poetry reading of 2022\, featuring Erin Rodoni and Dana Koster.  \nWhen: Tuesday\, January 11\, 2022 at 7 pm PST\nWhere: Zoom (RSVP https://tinyurl.com/4c3byekj)\n \nERIN RODONI\nErin Rodoni’s most recent book is And if the Woods Carry You\, winner of the 2020 Southern Indiana Review Michael Waters Poetry Prize. Her two previous collections are: Body\, in Good Light and A Landscape for Loss. Her poems have been published in journals and anthologies such as Blackbird\, Poetry Northwest\, and Best New Poets. She has won awards from AWP\, Ninth Letter\, and the Montreal International Poetry Prize. She teaches at the Writing Salon in San Francisco and serves on the board of the Marin Poetry Center.  \nAnd if the Woods Carry You\, Winner of the 2020 Michael Waters Poetry Prize: On the brink of climate catastrophe\, a mother grappling with her choice to bring children into an apocalyptic world sends her daughters into the woods of fairy tale as a rite of initiation. The woods carry her fears of extinction— devastating fires\, rising seas\, and the predatory dangers of girlhood—but also contain the transformative magic of love\, interdependence\, and renewal. And if the Woods Carry You roots into the wild heart of motherhood\, where worry and wonder intertwine. \n“Like all great fairy tales\, Erin Rodoni’s poems are a glorious marriage of the domestic and the dangerous. There are tests and transformations\, solitudes and sacrifices\, births and burials. Everything is changing into something else\, something energized\, erotic\, and enchanted. But it is the poet’s attention to craft that lifts these poems from the beguiling world of mere narrative into the more magical realm of art. In language that feels both ancient and current\, Rodoni manages to craft lyrics that seem to come from some other world while speaking truths to this one. This is a marvelous book with a poetic voice to enliven even the wildest woods.” –Dean Rader\, author of Self-Portrait as Wikipedia Entry and Landscape Portrait Figure Form \nDANA KOSTER\nDana Koster was born in St. Paul\, Minnesota and grew up in Ventura\, California. She earned her English degree from UC Berkeley and MFA in poetry from Cornell University. From 2011-2013\, she was a Wallace Stegner Fellow. She lives in Modesto\, California with her husband and two sons\, where she works as a wedding photographer\, occasional freelance writer and half of the art partnership Broad Sides with her collaborator\, Chelsea America. \nDana’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in EPOCH\, Indiana Review\, Southern Humanities Review\, The Cincinnati Review\, PN Review\, Clackamas Literary Review\, THRUSH Poetry Journal and many others.  She has work in the anthologies America\, We Call Your Name: Poems of Resistance and Resilience\, Drawn to Marvel: Poems from the Comic Books\, Haiku of the Living Dead and More Than Soil\, More Than Sky: The Modesto Poets. In 2012\, she was the recipient of a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prize and a Theodore Christian Hoepfner Award. Her first book\, Binary Stars\, was published by Carolina Wren Press in 2017. She makes a lot of claims about immortality and ghosts on her twitter account. \n“We need a new word (astro-tropism?) for the poetry of Binary Stars. For the way it leaps into stellar depths to cast a gaze sharp as a hummingbird’s beak back on the extended family cluster. Two stars\, a larger and a smaller\, in tight rotation\, yield binary poems in clumps and couplets in the first-person dual and second-person singular: to the baby\, the husband (with orbiting cows\, horses\, and almonds)\, the burned-out but still gravitational father-in-law and mother\, and the therapist\, whose analytical gaze is returned with equal intensity. Koster has written a domestic poetry not “of the heart\,” not soft-focused\, but of the barycenter\, the binary center of gravity\, in which the familiar\, thrown off kilter\, becomes alienated\, estranged\, and new. Dare you read a poetry at the white heat? Then open Binary Stars\, an incandescent book of the first magnitude.”\n—John Shoptaw\, author of Times Beach \n 
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-poetry-featuring-erin-rodoni-dana-koster/
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Poetry featuring George Higgins and Rick Bursky
DESCRIPTION:The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center is pleased to welcome poets George Higgins and Rick Bursky on Tuesday\, December 14\, 2021. Register in advance for this meeting: https://tinyurl.com/2p8k6saw. Sign up for Open Mic (3 mins each poet) following the featured poets: https://forms.gle/vYexC9AiS7d7Cgeo7.  Hosted by Stella Beratlis.  \nGeorge Higgins’s book\, There There\, was published by Kelsay Books/White Violet Press. He has been published in Best American Poetry and more recently in Prairie Schooner and Catamaran.  \nRick Bursky’s most recent book\, Let’s Become a Ghost Story\, is out from BOA Editions. His previous book\, I’m No Longer Troubled by The Extravagance\, is also from BOA Editions. He teaches poetry for The Writers’ Program at UCLA Extension.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-poetry-featuring-george-higgins-and-rick-bursky/
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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SUMMARY:Poetry on Sunday Series
DESCRIPTION:Poetry On Sunday Series Reading: November 21\, 2021 \nJoin host Gary Thomas and our featured readers Gerald Fleming\, Michael Meyerhofer\, And Melchor Sahagun III  for the November 21st\, 2021 edition of MoSt’s Poetry On Sunday Series readings on Zoom\, beginning at 2:00 P. M. Pacific Time. \nGerald Fleming‘s The Bastard and the Bishop is his third Hanging Loose Press title. Previous are Night of Pure Breathing and One\, an experiment in monosyllabic prose poems. He’s published two books with Sixteen Rivers Press (Swimmer Climbing Onto Shore and The Choreographer) and recently edited The Collected Poetry and Prose of Lawrence Fixel\, also a Sixteen Rivers title. He’s edited literary magazines traditional\, vitreous\, and epistolary. \nMichael Meyerhofer’s fifth poetry book\, Ragged Eden\, was published by Glass Lyre Press in 2019. He has been the startled recipient of the James Wright Poetry Award\, the Brick Road Poetry Book Prize\, and other honors. He is also the author of a fantasy series\, and serves as the Poetry Editor of Atticus Review. For more information and an embarrassing childhood photo\, visit troublewithhammers.com. \nMelchor Sahagun III says\, “I do stuff; like Poetry\, Skateboarding\, Music\, Comic Books\, that sort of stuff. I’m in my late thirties\, but I somehow feel simultaneously younger and much older than I am—it’s weird. I’m weird. You’re weird. Life is weird. I don’t really know what I’m doing\, to be honest\, but that’s all right because neither do you. I like my cats\, A LOT. I like you a lot\, too.” \nOur usual Open Mic Time will follow the featured readers.  We look forward to seeing you! \nMoSt Poetry Center is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.\n\nTopic: MoSt’s Poetry On Sunday Series Reading–November 21\, 2021\nTime: Nov 21\, 2021 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81515649176\n\nMeeting ID: 815 1564 9176\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,81515649176# US (San Jose)\n+12532158782\,\,81515649176# US (Tacoma)\n\nDial by your location\n        +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n        +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\nMeeting ID: 815 1564 9176\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kk6IhuChP\n 
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-on-sunday-series-11-2021/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211117T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211117T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T082431
CREATED:20211026T235104Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Book Discussion: Laure-Ann Bosselaar's THESE MANY ROOMS
DESCRIPTION:“Think of it: the worlds in this world. “ L.A. Bosselaar \nCome join us for conservation about Laure-Anne Bosselaar ‘s most recent book of poetry\, These Many Rooms. There will be readings of her poetry during our time together which will be on Zoom\, November 17\, 2021 at 6:30\, facilitated by Janette Jameson. \nPrior reading of the book is NOT a requirement of joining us! This is an opportunity simply to learn about the poet and her work. \nLaure-Anne Bosselaar is a Belgian-American poet\, translator\, professor\, and former poet laureate of Santa Barbara\, California. She is the author of four collections of poetry\, most recently\, These Many Rooms (Four Way Books\, 2019). Her collection\, Small Gods of Grief (BOA Editions)\, won the 2001 Isabella Gardner Prize for Poetry. A New Hunger\, (Ausable Press 2008) was an American Library Association Notable Book in 2008. \nShe grew up in Belgium\, and moved to the United States in 1987. She earned her M.F.A. from the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. She taught poetry workshops in Colorado and co-directed the Aspen Writers’ Conference from 1989 to 1992. She is fluent in four languages\, and has published poems in French and Flemish. She was a Breadloaf Fellow\, was awarded the McEver Chair at Georgia Tech\, taught at Emerson College\, Sarah Lawrence College\, at the College of Creative Studies at University of California\, Santa Barbara\, and is part of the founding faculty at the Solstice Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing Program of Pine Manor College. She is the widow of poet Kurt Brown and currently lives in Santa Barbara\, California \nCopies of the book will be available from the Modesto Library–ask at check-out desk or call (209) 558-7808. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81132417349 \nMeeting ID: 811 3241 7349\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,81132417349# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,81132417349# US (Houston) \nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 811 3241 7349
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-book-discussion-laure-ann-bosselaars-these-many-rooms/
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Other Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stella Beratlis":MAILTO:stellab@mostpoetry.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211109T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211109T200000
DTSTAMP:20260425T082431
CREATED:20211025T155344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211109T235959Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Poetry Reading featuring Cristina Sandoval & Manny Moreno
DESCRIPTION:The‌ ‌Modesto-Stanislaus‌ ‌Poetry‌ ‌Center‌ ‌features‌ ‌poets Cristina Sandoval and Manny Moreno for the November installment‌ ‌of‌ ‌Second‌ ‌Tuesday‌ ‌Poetry.‌ ‌Join‌ ‌us‌ ‌to hear these two poets read for us as first-time featured poets on Tuesday\,‌ November 9\, at‌ ‌7‌ ‌pm‌\, ‌on‌ ‌Google Meet. Hosted‌ ‌by‌ ‌Stella‌  ‌Beratlis‌ ‌with‌ ‌open‌ ‌mic‌ ‌following‌ ‌the‌ ‌featured‌ ‌readers.‌ ‌  \nGoogle Meet link: https://meet.google.com/yzr-effe-nrh\nOtherwise\, to join by phone\, dial +1 760-654-5100 and enter this PIN: 914 592 889#\n \nSign up for Open Mic: https://forms.gle/v8J9cK9RXn4YDwwc9 \nCRISTINA SANDOVAL \nCristina Sandoval is an MFA student at Fresno State University and a poet to the bone. Cristina has been a purveyor of words since she can remember. She is a proud Chicana and is desperately in love with language. She often mixes her two languages\, Spanish and English\, in an attempt to bridge the beauty and hurt in both. Her work often focuses on family\, mental health\, and finding meaning in the terrible. She has two books on Amazon\, Moon Ride\, and We Need Bad Bitches. Her work has been featured in Penumbra\, Artifact Nouveau\, Exist(ir)\, and Dystopian Dance Party. Her thesis work is centered around the nature of family\, culture\, and hair. She is from Modesto\, California\, and now lives in Fresno. And if you were wondering\, yes\, she misses Mr. T’s Donuts!  \nMANNY MONOLIN \nMonolin “Manny” Moreno is the author of four books\, the most recent of which is a collection of poems\, Longview Road. Manny’s previous works include Scared–Coming Full Circle: A Memoir; his first poetry collection\, The Bridge Is Gone; and The Elder: A Tribute\, about the importance of elders in the community and about two Native American elders in particular.  \nHis poems are about growing up in Livingston\, where his family’s roots were established in the early 1900s\, and about a wide range of topics.  \nManny is a Member of the Black Wolf Honor Society Gourd Clan\, a member of Native American Church and Sundances yearly in South Dakota. Manny is of  Yaqui/Tarascan descent. Manny has been featured in interviews on Native Voice TV\, Channel 10\, Sacramento and Company\, KKUP Radio/Indian Time and Two Roads Productions. He has been a speaker at Modesto Junior College and various events. He was nominated for the Pushcart Award in 2011. \nACCESS THE READING:  \nGoogle Meet: To join the video meeting\, click this link: meet.google.com/yzr-effe-nrh \nTo join by phone instead\, dial (US) +1 760-654-5100 and enter this PIN: 914 592 889# \nMore phone numbers: https://tel.meet/yzr-effe-nrh?pin=8948151384183 \n 
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-poetry-reading-3/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211016T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211016T140000
DTSTAMP:20260425T082431
CREATED:20210904T185326Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Workshop Day
DESCRIPTION:Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center presents a poetry workshop with acclaimed Mexican poet and translator Marcelo Hernandez Castillo\, “Poetry in the Age of Pandemics.” \n As the months of the pandemic wear on\, it has been increasingly difficult for creative individuals to stay productive. In the wake of uncertainty\, overwhelming chaos\, and general apathy at the state of the world\, it can be incredibly difficult to put pen to paper. We may ask ourselves\, what can art do?  In this workshop with Marcelo Hernandez Castillo\, we will work through exercises to not only stimulate writer’s block\, but also investigate the virtues that we can learn from the distances that have grown between ourselves and give light to the narratives that have sprouted in these uncertain times. We will make art that can restore\, heal\, and awaken our sensibilities to the pain around us. We will create original texts that will bear witness to the power of art to make substantial change in our lives. \nOur workshop will be held on Saturday\, October 16\, 2021 from 10:00am to 2:00pm with a musical interlude.  \n$15.00    Please register and access Zoom link via Eventbrite.  \n“Castillo compresses the emotional resonances of lived experience into poetic narratives of devotion\, eroticism\, family\, labor\, and migration. He make displays of fragility and power by turn\, a duality drawn into relief by the precarious condition of the undocumented immigrant.” –Publisher’s Weekly \n“In the spirit of Whitman\, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo slips in silently to lie down between the bridegroom and the bride\, to inhabit many bodies and many souls\, between rapture and grief.” –DA Powell \n“Castillo’s forms feel airy and fragile\, but the strength of his revelations are unquestionable.” –Major Jackson \nMarcelo Hernandez Castillo is a poet\, essayist\, translator\, and immigration advocate. He is the author of Cenzontle (BOA editions\, 2018)\, chosen by Brenda Shaughnessy as the winner of the 2017 A. Poulin Jr. prize and winner of the 2018 Northern California Book Award. Cenzontle maps a parallel between the landscape of the border and the landscape of sexuality through surreal and deeply imagistic poems. Castillo’s first chapbook\, Dulce (Northwestern University Press\, 2018)\, was chosen by Chris Abani\, Ed Roberson\, and Matthew Shenoda as the winner of the Drinking Gourd Poetry Prize. His memoir Children of the Land (Harper Collins\, 2020) is his most recent publication and explores the ideas of separation from deportation\, trauma\, and mobility between borders. \nCastillo was born in Zacatecas\, Mexico and immigrated at the age of five with his family to the California central valley. As an AB540 student\, he earned his B.A. from Sacramento State University and was the first undocumented student to graduate from the Helen Zell Writers Program at the University of Michigan. His immigration case was used by the Supreme Court to justify the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) under president Obama. Castillo is a founding member of the Undocupoets campaign which successfully eliminated citizenship requirements from all major first poetry book prizes in the country and was recognized with the Barnes and Noble “Writers for Writers” award from Poets &Writers Magazine. Through a literary partnership with Amazon Publishing he has helped to establish The Undocupoet Fellowship which provides funding to help curb the cost of submissions to journals and contests. \nHe is the translator of the Argentinian modernist poet\, Jacobo Fijman and is currently at work translating the poems of the contemporary Mexican Peruvian poet Yaxkin Melchy whose poems combine digital\, environmental\, and indigenous studies into a cosmopolitan melée specific to Mexico City. Castillo also co-translated the work of the Mexican poet Marcelo Uribe with C.D. Wright before her untimely passing. \nCastillo’s work has been adopted to Opera through collaboration with the composer Reinaldo Moya and his work has appeared or been featured in The New York Times\, PBS Newshour\, People Magazine en Español\, The Paris Review\, Fusion TV\, Buzzfeed\, Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts\, New England Review\, and Indiana Review\, among others. He currently teaches in the Low-Res MFA program at Ashland University. He lives in Marysville\, California\, with his wife and son. \n 
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-workshop-day/
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211012T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211012T200000
DTSTAMP:20260425T082431
CREATED:20210929T212754Z
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UID:2186-1634065200-1634068800@www.mostpoetry.org
SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Julia B. Levine & Matthew Lippman plus open mic
DESCRIPTION:The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center and host Stella Beratlis are pleased to welcome poets Julia B. Levine and Matthew Lippman on Tuesday\, October 12\, 2021. Join the reading via Zoom at 7 pm: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/91357899430. Sign up for Open Mic (3 mins each poet) following the featured poets.  \nJULIA B. LEVINE \nJulia B. Levine has won numerous awards for her work\, including the 2015 Northern California Book Award in Poetry for her fourth collection of poetry\, Small Disasters Seen in Sunlight\, (LSU press 2014)\, first prize in the 2019 Bellevue Literary Review poetry contest\, 2019 Public Poetry Awards\, 2018 Tiferet Poetry Prize\, as well as the 2003 Tampa Review Poetry Prize for Ask\, and the 1998 Anhinga Poetry prize as well as a bronze medal from Foreword magazine for her first collection\, Practicing for Heaven.  Her fifth and most recent collection\, Ordinary Psalms\, is now available from LSU press. \nMATTHEW LIPPMAN\nMatthew Lippman’s collection Mesmerizingly Sadly Beautiful (2020) is published by Four Way Books. It was the recipient of the 2018 Levis Prize. He is the author of 5 other poetry collections. \nTuesday\, October 12\, 2021 at 7 pm PDT \nZoom link: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/91357899430 \nOpen Mic signup: https://forms.gle/j6dsvm31MA2377Pu6 \n———— \nJoin from PC\, Mac\, Linux\, iOS or Android: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/91357899430 \n  \nOr iPhone one-tap (US Toll):  +16699006833\,91357899430#  or +12532158782\,91357899430#  \n  \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: 913 5789 9430 \n 
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/2186/
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:20211009T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211009T170000
DTSTAMP:20260425T082431
CREATED:20210926T040028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211008T000202Z
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SUMMARY:Coffee\, Tea\, and Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Salvatore Salerno is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting on behalf of Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center.  Share a few poems from the latest poetry book that you are reading.  You can even show the poems to us on a screen that you share with us.\n\nTopic: Coffee\, Tea\, and Poetry\nTime: Oct 9\, 2021 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83811937736?pwd=Rml1MnhSYXZkV0hxNFNSUXh4UHQ0dz09\n\nMeeting ID: 838 1193 7736\nPasscode: 316413\nOne tap mobile\n+16699009128\,\,83811937736#\,\,\,\,*316413# US (San Jose)\n+12532158782\,\,83811937736#\,\,\,\,*316413# US (Tacoma)\n\nDial by your location\n        +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n        +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\nMeeting ID: 838 1193 7736\nPasscode: 316413\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kd6qMzP9Pn
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/coffee-tea-and-poetry-4/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210919T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210919T170000
DTSTAMP:20260425T082431
CREATED:20210904T180732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210904T180732Z
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SUMMARY:Coffee\, Tea\, and Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Join Modesto Poet Laureate Salvatore Salerno and share a few poems from a book you’re currently reading or an old favorite. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTopic: Coffee\, Tea\, and Poetry\nTime: Sep 19\, 2021 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83525183454?pwd=Z2dEK1lOSkZ3UDhYNTZSUVUvUzNpdz09\n\nMeeting ID: 835 2518 3454\nPasscode: 831998\nOne tap mobile\n+16699009128\,\,83525183454#\,\,\,\,*831998# US (San Jose)\n+12532158782\,\,83525183454#\,\,\,\,*831998# US (Tacoma)\n\nDial by your location\n        +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n        +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\nMeeting ID: 835 2518 3454\nPasscode: 831998\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/k7qGIbbiP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/coffee-tea-and-poetry-3/
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210914T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210914T200000
DTSTAMP:20260425T082431
CREATED:20210904T172100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210904T172144Z
UID:2146-1631646000-1631649600@www.mostpoetry.org
SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Localpalooza features a smorgasbord of poetry by local writers from Modesto and the greater Stanislaus County area via Zoom on Tuesday\,  September 14th\, 2021 at 7:00pm Pacific Time. Please join us! \n\n\n\nTopic: Second Tuesday Reading: Poetry Localpalooza\nTime: Sep 14\, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\n\nJoin from PC\, Mac\, Linux\, iOS or Android: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/95590128285\n\nOr iPhone one-tap (US Toll):  +16699006833\,95590128285#  or +13462487799\,95590128285#\n\nOr Telephone:\n    Dial:\n    +1 669 900 6833 (US Toll)\n    +1 346 248 7799 (US Toll)\n    +1 253 215 8782 (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: 955 9012 8285\n    International numbers available: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/u/abYljE2M3T\n\nOr an H.323/SIP room system:\n    H.323: 162.255.37.11 (US West) or 162.255.36.11 (US East)\n    Meeting ID: 955 9012 8285\n\n    SIP: 95590128285@zoomcrc.com\n\nOr Skype for Business (Lync):\n    SIP:95590128285@lync.zoom.us\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-poetry-reading-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210828T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210828T143000
DTSTAMP:20260425T082431
CREATED:20210729T051710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210729T052204Z
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SUMMARY:Writing Your Poetry Manifesto: The Ars Poetica Poem
DESCRIPTION:Join us in this free poetry workshop where we focus on ars poetica poems. Ars poetica poems examine the  role of poets themselves as  subject\, their relationships to the poem\, and the act of writing. We’ll look at ars poetica poems by other poets and note what’s going on in those poems\, then we’ll write through a few prompts intended to get us to write our own ars poetica poems. Facilitated by Stella Beratlis; free and open to the public\, all writing levels welcome\, no pressure with a focus on relaxed creativity. \n  \n\n\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\n\n\nOne tap mobile:\nUS: +16699006833\,\,98336539597# or +13462487799\,\,98336539597#\n\n\nMeeting URL:\nhttps://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/98336539597\n\n\nMeeting ID:\n983 3653 9597\n\n\nJoin by Telephone \n\n\nFor higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location.\n\n\nDial:\nUS: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 646 876 9923 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799\n\n\nMeeting ID:\n983 3653 9597
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/writing-your-poetry-manifesto-the-ars-poetica-poem/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210822T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210822T170000
DTSTAMP:20260425T082431
CREATED:20210821T032852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210821T032852Z
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SUMMARY:Coffee\, Tea\, and Poetry with Sal Salerno
DESCRIPTION:Join Modesto Poet Laureate Sal Salerno & friends at 4 pm\, and bring along some poetry you’ve been reading  to share with others. \nTopic: Coffee\, Tea\, and Poetry\nTime: Aug 22\, 2021 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83414790977?pwd=QXEyQjdpRHQrWS9IcCt4NlhLUHVxQT09\n\nMeeting ID: 834 1479 0977\nPasscode: 169568\nOne tap mobile\n+16699009128\,\,83414790977#\,\,\,\,*169568# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83414790977#\,\,\,\,*169568# US (Houston)\n\nDial by your location\n        +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n        +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\nMeeting ID: 834 1479 0977\nPasscode: 169568\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcAqLXvTpI
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/coffee-tea-and-poetry-with-sal-salerno/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Other Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stella Beratlis":MAILTO:stellab@mostpoetry.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210815T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210815T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T082431
CREATED:20210729T041425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210729T053608Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry On Sunday Series featuring Dane Cervine & Stella Beratlis
DESCRIPTION:Join host Gary Thomas and our featured readers Stella Beratlis and Dane Cervine for the Sunday\, August 15th edition of MoSt’s Poetry On Sunday Series readings on Zoom\, beginning at 2:00 P. M. Pacific Time.   \nStella Beratlis is the author of Alkali Sink (2015) and her latest collection\, Dust Bowl Venus (May 2021).  Her poems have appeared in the anthologies The Place That Inhabits Us:  Poems from the San Franciso Bay Watershed (Sixteen Rivers Press\, 2010) and California Fire and Water:  A Climate Crisis Anthology (Story Streets\, 2020).  Beratis served as Modesto’s poet laureate from 2016-2020 and works as a librarian there. \nDane Cervine is a poet whose recent books include Earth Is a Fickle Dancer (Main Street Rag)\, and The Gateless Gate – Polishing the Moon Sword\, from Saddle Road Press in Hawaii.  Previous poetry books include Kung Fu of the Dark Father\, How Therapists Dance\, The Jeweled Net of Indra\, and What a Father Dreams.  Dane’s poems have won awards from Adrienne Rich\, Tony Hoagland\, the Atlanta Review\, Caesura\, and been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.  His work appears in The SUN\, the Hudson Review\, TriQuarterly\, Poetry Flash\, Catamaran\, Miramar\, Rattle\, Sycamore Review\, and Pedestal Magazine\, among others.  You can read more about Dane at his blog: https://danecervine.typepad.com/ \nHere is the Zoom link to the reading: \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83375142037\nMeeting ID: 833 7514 2037 \nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83375142037# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83375142037# US (Houston) \nStella’s latest book\, Dust Bowl Venus\, and Dane’s new book\, The World is God’s Language\, have recently been published by Sixteen Rivers Press. For more information about the authors and the books\, go to these pages on the Sixteen Rivers site: \nhttps://sixteenrivers.org/authors/stellaberatlis/ \nhttps://sixteenrivers.org/authors/dane-cervine/ \nOur usual Open Mic Time will follow the featured readers.  We look forward to seeing you!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/carnegieaugust2021/
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Poetry on Sunday Series,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210810T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210810T200000
DTSTAMP:20260425T082431
CREATED:20210726T032631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210729T052449Z
UID:2099-1628622000-1628625600@www.mostpoetry.org
SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Poetry Reading with Nicca Ray and Michelle Cernuto
DESCRIPTION:The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center features authors Nicca Ray and Michelle Cernuto for the August installment of Second Tuesday Poetry. Join us for a great mix of poetry\, ghost fiction\, and punk rock memoir on Tuesday\, August 10 at 7 pm on Zooom. Hosted by Stella Beratlis with open mic following the featured readers.\n\nZoom: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/91909197367\nOpen mic signup: https://form.jotform.com/berattle/secondtuesday\n\nNICCA RAY\nNicca Ray’s poetry collection\, BACK SEAT BABY\, was recently published by Chris D.’s Poison Fang Books. In the forward\, Ann Magnusun writes\, “Plumbing the depths of uncertainty and loneliness\, Ray finds gold in the collective swamplands of our souls.” The poet\, Charles Plymell\, calls Back Seat Baby the “High Noon of poetry.”\n\nNicca Ray’s memoir RAY BY RAY: A DAUGHTER’S TAKE ON THE LEGEND OF NICHOLAS RAY (Three Rooms Press\, 2020) has been called “harrowing\, beautifully written and near-impossible to put down” by Shelf Awareness and “a daring revelation of strength and survival\, told unflinchingly\, bravely\, with empathy\, sympathy and ultimately an understanding of a great artist who is almost impossible to fathom\,” by Ronee Blakely\, actress\, singer and Academy Award nominee.\nNicca is a Pushcart Prize nominee and a 2020 Acker Award recipient.\n\nMICHELLE CERNUTO\nMichelle Cernuto is the author of the recently published YOU USED TO KNOW ME\, a fictional coming-of-age account of growing up in Las Vegas in the 80s.\n\n“A mash note from beyond the grave to a lost Vegas. 1980s punk teen dysfunction… a melancholic travelogue through a spiritual wasteland. The self-effacing murder victim gives us a matter-of-fact\, blow-by-blow commentary as she haunts both her friends and her predator in a suburban\, desert dystopia…. We see ominous harbingers of Death rushing headlong towards us\, much like an out-of-control carnival ride…locked into one final\, endlessly accelerating rollercoaster to oblivion. There’s no getting off\, and the effect is harrowing and masterful.– Chris D. (author of No Evil Star\, Dragon Wheel Splendor and Other Love Stories of Violence and Dread\, Mother’s Worry\, et.al.; singer/songwriter of the bands The Flesh Eaters and Divine Horsemen)\n\n“A vivid recollection of a crazy time in the crazy place of the American Southwest…a transitional time before entire cities were turned into theme parks. Magically real\, her story echoes the truth of the women I grew up with\, who fought an oppression they could feel empirically but not always articulate with street smarts and sheer guts. And then there are the ghosts…” – Victor Krummenacher (of bands Camper Van Beethoven\, Monks of Doom and The Third Mind) \n\nJoin from PC\, Mac\, Linux\, iOS or Android: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/91909197367\nOr iPhone one-tap (US Toll): +16699006833\,91909197367# or +13462487799\,91909197367#\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+1 646 876 9923 (US Toll)\n+1 301 715 8592 (US Toll)\n+1 312 626 6799 (US Toll)\nMeeting ID: 919 0919 7367\nInternational numbers available: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/u/aeu6vPmQF
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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SUMMARY:Summer Poetry Workshop "Time Travel Through Poetry"
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop we will explore the past and future through poetry.  Our history\, science\, mythology\, and\,  most importantly\, our imaginations will be our guides. Facilitated by Karen Baker\, this free poetry writing workshop will begin at 1:00pm Pacific Time on Saturday\, July 31\, 2021. “A poem is the most efficient form of time travel”  –Kevin Young\, poetry editor of the New Yorker and new director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTopic: Poetry Workshop\, Time Travel   Zoom Meeting\nTime: Jul 31\, 2021 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87665048170\n\nMeeting ID: 876 6504 8170\nOne tap mobile\n+16699009128\,\,87665048170# US (San Jose)\n+12532158782\,\,87665048170# US (Tacoma)\n\nDial by your location\n        +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n        +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 876 6504 8170\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kmgS5SMHS
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/summer-poetry-workshop-time-travel-through-poetry/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210713T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210713T200000
DTSTAMP:20260425T082431
CREATED:20210624T175357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210701T053756Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Poetry with David Campos and J.J. Hernandez
DESCRIPTION:The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center presents Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Fresno poets David Campos and J.J. Hernandez \nDAVID CAMPOS\, the son of Mexican immigrants and a CantoMundo Fellow\, is the author of two collections–his newest\, American Quasar\, was just published by Red Hen Press and is a textual-visual collaboration with the artist Maceo Montoya. His debut collection\, Furious Dawn\, was the winner of the 2014 Andres Montoya Poetry Prize. Campos’s work has appeared in The American Poetry Review\, Ploughshares\, Prairie Schooner\, and The Normal School. He’s the winner of Annual Prairie Schooner Strousse Award for the best group of poems in Prairie Schooner. He teaches English at Fresno City College and he lives in Clovis\, California. \n“David Campos’ American Quasar is a true force of collaboration that implores a new vision of exegesis with the renowned artist\, Maceo Montoya. How can we love what hurts us\, and how can we love the things we hurt? Here is a speaker kneeling in reverence to a god\, a lover\, or a self which we can acutely love and hurt at the same time. Set in the storied landscape of the California Central Valley\, this book is an indictment of what America has burned or buried\, and a document of all that has nonetheless survived in the ashes: the name of a distant father\, the gravity of the past on our chest. Powerfully surreal and imagistic\, Campos is a necessary voice both tender and unrelenting\, a voice that is both wound and salve. How fortunate we are for the gifts of poet and artist at the height of their powers.”—Marcelo Hernandez Castillo\, author of Centzontle \nJ.J. HERNANDEZ is a Colorado-born poet with roots in the California Central San Joaquin Valley. He earned both a BA in English Education and an MFA in Creative Writing with an emphasis in Poetry from CSU\, Fresno. While attending Fresno State\, J.J. was the inaugural Graduate Artist in the Laureate Lab: Visual Words Studio\,  working under the supervision of Juan Felipe Herrera. J.J. Is currently a writing/composition instructor at various colleges across the Central San Joaquin Valley. His work has been supported by the Community of Writers and has been published in various literary journals.  \nJoin from PC\, Mac\, Linux\, iOS or Android: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/92854068503 \nOr iPhone one-tap (US Toll):  +16699006833\,92854068503#  or +13462487799\,92854068503#  \nOr Telephone: \n    Dial: \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) \n    Meeting ID: 928 5406 8503 \n    International numbers available: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/u/an21oyc36
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-poetry-with-david-campos-and-j-j-hernandez/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stella Beratlis":MAILTO:stellab@mostpoetry.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210711T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210711T110000
DTSTAMP:20260425T082431
CREATED:20210602T214937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210706T183338Z
UID:2036-1625994000-1626001200@www.mostpoetry.org
SUMMARY:MoSt Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Save the date for our annual meeting on Sunday\, July 11th at 11:00  9:00 AM. \nUPDATE:  Due to the forecast heat for Sunday\, we’ve opted to go back to Zoom for the annual meeting.  Time remains at 9 am. \nJoin from PC\, Mac\, Linux\, iOS or Android: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/91423468395 \nOr iPhone one-tap (US Toll): +16699006833\,91423468395# or +13462487799\,91423468395# \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+1 301 715 8592 (US Toll)\n+1 312 626 6799 (US Toll)\n+1 646 876 9923 (US Toll)\nMeeting ID: 914 2346 8395 \n 
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-annual-meeting-2021/
LOCATION:Davis Park\, 2701 College Ave\, Modesto\, CA\, 95350\, United States
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings,Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210710T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210710T090000
DTSTAMP:20260425T082431
CREATED:20210624T232348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210624T232348Z
UID:2065-1625904000-1625907600@www.mostpoetry.org
SUMMARY:Coffee\, Tea\, and Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Join host Salvatore Salerno for Coffee\, Tea\, and Poetry on July 10th at 8:00am Pacific Time. Share some poems from a recent book of poetry you’ve read or are reading. You can even share your screen ahead of time to show us a poem or two as you read. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88375358118?pwd=ejRaeTlnNlVXT0hWUjk5QW1uUWxBdz09\n\nMeeting ID: 883 7535 8118\nPasscode: 256120\nOne tap mobile\n+16699009128\,\,88375358118#\,\,\,\,*256120# US (San Jose)\n+12532158782\,\,88375358118#\,\,\,\,*256120# US (Tacoma)\n\nDial by your location\n        +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n        +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\nMeeting ID: 883 7535 8118\nPasscode: 256120\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcG9fybkKY
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/coffee-tea-and-poetry-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210707T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210707T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T082431
CREATED:20210629T030534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210629T030534Z
UID:2068-1625682600-1625686200@www.mostpoetry.org
SUMMARY:Poetry Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join host Gary Thomas for a discussion of The Wild Fox of Yemen by Threa Almontaser\, published by Graywolf Press (2021) and winner of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets in 2020\, selected by Harryette Mullen. 5 copies of the book are available (while they last) to check out at the Modesto Library (1500 I Street.) \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82732577059 \nMeeting ID: 827 3257 7059 \nOne tap mobile \n+16699006833\,\,82732577059# US (San Jose) \n+13462487799\,\,82732577059# US (Houston) \n  \nDial by your location \n        +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) \n        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) \n        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) \n        +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) \n        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) \n        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) \nMeeting ID: 827 3257 7059 \nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kiqOZoIJk
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-book-club-7/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210619T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210619T143000
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CREATED:20210602T213811Z
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UID:2028-1624107600-1624113000@www.mostpoetry.org
SUMMARY:Summer Poetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:MoSt Board member Linda Scheller will be teaching our first summer poetry writing workshop\, “Lyricism in Narrative Poetry\,” on June 19 from 1:00-2:30. This will be a great afternoon of creating new poetry and thinking deeply about what makes a narrative poem sing. As always\, this workshop is free and open to the public. \nZoom link: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/97349758852 \nOr iPhone one-tap (US Toll):  +13126266799\,97349758852#  or +13462487799\,97349758852#\nOr Telephone\n+1 312 626 6799 (US Toll)\n+1 346 248 7799 (US Toll)\n+1 646 876 9923 (US Toll)\n+1 669 900 6833 (US Toll)\n+1 253 215 8782 (US Toll)\n+1 301 715 8592 (US Toll) \nMeeting ID: 973 4975 8852
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/summer-poetry-workshop/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210613T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210613T180000
DTSTAMP:20260425T082431
CREATED:20210602T214007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210602T215120Z
UID:2030-1623603600-1623607200@www.mostpoetry.org
SUMMARY:Coffee\, Tea\, & Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Join host Sal Salerno for June’s edition of Coffee\, Tea\, and Poetry on June 13 at 5:00pm. Share some poems from a recent book of poetry you’ve read or are reading. You can even share your screen ahead of time to show us a poem or two as you read. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88441350895?pwd=YmUxTHhxNWc0bEEzTkIwT2Fhekx2Zz09 \nMeeting ID: 884 4135 0895\nPasscode: 207672\nOne tap mobile\n+16699009128\,\,88441350895#\,\,\,\,*207672# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,88441350895#\,\,\,\,*207672# US (Houston) \nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 884 4135 0895\nPasscode: 207672\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kpBEzPgcN
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/coffee-tea-poetry-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210608T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210608T203000
DTSTAMP:20260425T082431
CREATED:20210602T203025Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog - on Zoom!
DESCRIPTION:The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center and host Stella Beratlis are pleased to feature poets Indigo Moor and Jennifer K. Sweeney for Second Tuesday Poetry on Tuesday June 8\, 2021. Join the reading via Zoom at 7 pm (https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/94454258218). Open mic (3 mins each poet\, maximum 10 poets) following the featured poets. \nJoin reading: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/94454258218 \nOpen mic following featured readers. To sign up:  https://form.jotform.com/berattle/secondtuesday \n\nJennifer K. Sweeney  \nJennifer K. Sweeney is the author of four books of poetry\, most recently Foxlogic\, Fireweed\, winner of the Backwaters Prize from Backwaters Press/University of Nebraska. Her other collections are Little Spells (New Issues Press\, 2015)\, How to Live on Bread and Music (Perugia Press)\, and Salt Memory (Main Street Rag). She is the recipient of many awards\, including the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets\, the Perugia Press Prize\, and a Pushcart Prize.  She teaches poetry workshops at the University of Redlands in California\, and is known for a decade-long practice of private instruction and manuscript critique. \nFoxlogic\, Fireweed can be purchased from the University of Nebraska Press\, linked from Jennifer’s website: https://www.jenniferksweeney.com/ \nAbout FOXLOGIC\, FIREWEED \n“Foxlogic\, Fireweed is a torn map of a state where all words are proximate to mystery. Venturing into terra incognita\, into territory that might be anima mundi\, maybe\, reader\, you think you know the lineaments\, but they are altered. Altared. Yes\, to dream space\, but wilder\, wider—this metal into bird\, stone into air\, mother into vulpine. Sweeney is breathing strangeness into a small body of words\, and the expanses open exponentially.”—Marsha de la O \n​“The logic of Foxlogic\, Fireweed is human and humane; it’s the logic of a penetrative tenderness and an embodiment always on the verge of dispersing into fox\, or deer\, or rain. . . . These are not bandwagon poems. They don’t mug for the camera. Rather\, they enact a love ‘sourced in loneliness’ where ‘with our little keys of witness’ we find each other—the very definition of the lyric poem.”—Diane Seuss \n\nIndigo Moor \nIndigo Moor is the Poet Laureate Emeritus of Sacramento. His fourth book of poetry\, Everybody’s Jonesin’ for Something\, took second place in the University of Nebraska Press’ Backwater Prize. His second book\, Through the Stonecutter’s Window\, won Northwestern University Press’s Cave Canem prize. His first and third books\, Tap-Root and In the Room of Thirsts & Hungers\, were both part of Main Street Rag’s Editor’s Select Poetry Series. Indigo is an adjunct professor at Dominican University and visiting faculty for Dominican’s MFA program\, teaching poetry and short fiction. \nIndigo is a former faculty member at the Stonecoast MFA Program\, where he graduated in 2012 with an MFA in poetry\, fiction\, and scriptwriting. He’s a playwright as well: his full-length stageplay\, Live! at the Excelsior\, was a finalist for the Images Theatre Playwright Award\, and the subsequent screenplay has been optioned for a full-length film. \nIndigo is a Cave Canem fellow\, former resident artist at 916 ink\, and a graduate member of the Artist’s Residency Institute for Teaching Artists. \nA 10-year veteran of the US Navy and a twice-decorated Gulf War Veteran\, Indigo divides his time between writing\, teaching\, and Integrated Circuit Layout Designer for computer companies. \nAbout EVERYBODY’S JONESIN’ FOR SOMETHING \n“Narratives don’t always belong to history’s victors\,’’ writes Indigo Moor. If this line gives you pause\, I strongly suggest you carry Moor’s brilliant book\, Everybody’s Jonesin’ for Something\, home with you. In this dazzling book\, you will read just how closely this poet has been paying attention\, to us\, to his histories\, foreign and domestic\, to our mighty (and sometimes mighty confusing) nation. Jonesin’ is a verse flashlight to all the corners you thought no one was supposed to pay attention to\, line by beautifully crafted line\, truth by earned truth. You’ll reach the last line of the last poem\, and trust me\, that’s when the hunger for more will begin.”—Cornelius Eady\, author of The War Against the Obvious \n“Indigo Moor’s new collection shuttles between searing rebuke and hopeful anguish with accents of hard-edged humor. What I love most is the clarity of thought—the no-holds-barred\, no-punches-pulled sharpness of the language that carries the reader through each poem\, jonesin’ for the next. Everybody’s Jonesin’ for Something invites you out of your complacency and fuels a restlessness that reminds you that you’re alive\, that this is no time for sleeping.”—Tim Seibles\, author of One Turn around the Sun
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-on-zoom-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210603T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210603T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T082431
CREATED:20210602T213404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210602T213456Z
UID:2024-1622745000-1622748600@www.mostpoetry.org
SUMMARY:MoSt Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next MoSt Poetry Board meeting will be held on Thursday\, June 3rd\, at 6:30 pm via Google Meet. If you are interested in attending\, please email info@mostpoetry.org for more information.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-board-meeting-6-2021-2/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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