April 4 Jane Hirshfield Reading at SPC and April 5 Workshops on Saturday Morning

April 16, 2008

Indigo Moor, Jane Hirshfield, Bob Stanley

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Saturday, April 5 SPC Workshops

April 16, 2008

SPC Board Member Elizabeth Krause and her father set up the breakfast feast for the 2008 SPC Workshops.

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SPC Workshop Participants and Poets

April 16, 2008

  Saturday workshops included time to socialize with other poets, a lovely outdoor lunch and a lecture and special reading from State Poet Laureate Al Young (with drum instrumentals) and, of course, guidance in creating new works of poetry.

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Saturday Workshops at SPC (An Annual Event!)

April 16, 2008

   

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Sacramento Literary Calendar April/May

April 16, 2008

TUESDAY, APRIL 15 – 7 p.m. – “Life Sentence” – a weekly poetry reading and open mic. The Coffee Garden, 2904 Franklin Blvd., Sactown. http://www.myspace.com/lifesentenceshow WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16 – 9 p.m. – Poetry night with John Boe. “Hearty Laughs. Thoughtful Poems. Ribald Stories. Enjoy an Evening with an Award-Winning Storyteller and Poet. A PG-13 Event. […]

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Nickole Brown and Gene Bloom—April 7th, 2008

April 16, 2008

After a prolonged open mic, the main readers took to the mic. Nickole Brown, who drove all the way up from San Francisco for the evening, during her West Coast swing read from her book entitled Sister.       Nickole Brown Nickole read “Footling,” “How She Conceived,” “1979” [3:46], “A cup of Anything,” “Jessica […]

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Frank Dixon Graham Interviews Susan Kelly-DeWitt

April 9, 2008

Voracious reader, prolific author, mother, teacher and community activist, SKD has a new book of poems titled, The Fortunate Islands. I spoke with her about the craft of poetry… FG: Your titles have always been intriguing to me — The Fortunate Islands, Feather’s Hand, To a Small Moth, Cassiopeia Above The Banyan Tree and an […]

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Sacramento Poetry Center Conference 2008

April 9, 2008

Al Young delivering his talk about poetry and song and reflections on French cultural influences on the US in the 60’s. Bob and Tino Stan Zumbiel and Andy Jones Frank Graham with Al Young Later on Al Young read a series of poems during the reading he did on Saturday afternoon [April 5] with Quinton […]

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