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Kim Addonizio

Sonoma State Community Writers Festival: Kim Addonizio, Terry Ehret, Randall Mann, more

4 APRIL 2024 — thursday

Sonoma State University English and Creative Writing Departments and Zaum magazine present the Sonoma State Community Writers Festival, including workshops, readings, exhibitors, and panels scheduled in both ballroom and classroom environments, Poetry Flash, Manic D Press, and many other exhibitors will be in attendance; The first readings from 4:00-4:50 pm will feature writers from the Mendocino Coast Writers Conference (Pamela Bordisso, antmen pimentel mendoza, Rashaan Meneses, Virgie Tovar, Ebony Haight, Frej Barty, Eliana Yoneda), Alexander Valley Room; an eBook and Chapbook event (Judith Day, Ed Mycue, Mary Holman Tuteur), Bennett Valley Room; Bilingual reading from the work of German poet Matt Sessner, Sonoma Valley Room; The next readings from 5:00-5:50 pm will be Sixteen Rivers Press poets, (Matthew M. Monte, Rosa Lane, Christina Lloyd, Murray Silverstein, Alice Templeton, Terry Ehret), Sonoma Valley Room; Feather Press writers read (Jennifer Barone, Cassandra Dallett, Ingrid Keir, Kalechi Ubozoh), Bennett Valley Room; Bay Area Queer Writers read (Liz Faraim, Wayne Goodman, Richard May, R.L. Merrill), Alexander Valley Room; and Wet Cement Press writers read (Thoreau Lovell, Michelle Murphy), Russian River Valley Room; The next readings from 6:00-6:50 pm will be Peter Kline, Brittany Perham, and Randall Mann read, Stevenson 1301; Reed Magazine writers read (Sophie Aust, Allegra Balbuena, Ian Meadows, Dylan Mueller, Ryan Steel), Bennett Valley Room; Jambu Press writers read (Virgina Barrett, Bobby Coleman), Alexander Valley Room; Blue Light Press poets (Diane Frank, Emilie Lygren, Prartho Sereno, Mark Tate, Ellery Akers, Steve Trenam), Sonoma Valley Room; and South Asian American writers read (Amna Ali, Moazzam Sheikh), Russian River Valley Room; the last readings are 7:00 to 7:50 pm and include Erotic Poetry (Michael Foulk, Yume Kim, Loria Mendoza, Christine No, Noah Sanders), Stevenson 1301; SFSU Creative Writing Program writers (Laird Harrison, Elodie Townsend, Evan Burkin, Michaela Chairez, Christopher Jones), Russian River Valley Room; WTAW Press & Betty writers (Anita Felicelli, Michelle Cruz Gonzales, Lillian Howan, Joanna Choi Kalbus, Julian Mithra, Marianne Villanueva, Olga Zilberbourg), Sonoma Valley Room; Bazaar Writers Salon (Kim Addonizio, Kirstin Valdez Quade, Kathleen Winter), Alexander Valley Room; Dominican MFA Students and Alumni (Brennen Belogorsky, Bonnie Carasso, Deidre Cavazzi, Caitlin Howery, Matthew Kline, Meg Neville, Dave Seter, Nichole Turnbloom), Bennett Valley Room; and Napa Valley Writers Conference Staff (Andrea Bewick, Iris Jamahl Dunkle, Caroline Goodwin, Angela Pneuman), Stevenson 1201; Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park, free, 4:00 pm-9:00 pm PDT (For more information and the full schedule of participants, visit english.sonoma.edu/community-writers-festival)




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  • Blue Light at the Gallery presents poets Anna Papadopoulos, Safety Trip, Barbara Saxton, De-Classified, and Naomi Ruth Lowinsky, Her Face in the Fire, in a reading presented by Blue Light Press, Virtual on Zoom, 6:00 pm PST (For more information, or to RSVP, email: bluelightpress@aol.com)

11 JANUARY 2025 — saturday

  • "Whether You Fly: An Ekphrastic Poetry Project," presents poets responding to paintings by visual artist Julie Heffernan; curated by Annice Jacoby and Maw Shein Win, the poets responding are Adrian Arias, James Cagney, Jennifer Futernick, Heather June Gibbons, and Yiskah Rosenfeld, the poets will share their work and sign books, art cards featuring the poems and paintings will be available, Catharine Clark Gallery, 248 Utah Street, San Francisco, $5 includes a commemorative art postcard specifically designed for this event, 4:00 to 6:00 pm PST, readings begin at 4:30 (For more information, visit: cclarkgallery.com/events/32/overview)

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26 JANUARY 2025 — sunday

  • The Laminations: An Experimental Fiction Workshop, will occur over four Sundays (January 26, February 9, 23, March 9), exploring how to manage layers of formal complexity with plot complexity, and when these laminations overload and opacify the truth, led by Angie Sijun Lou, fiction editor at FENCE, Virtual on Zoom, sliding scale $60-200, 1:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.smallpresstraffic.org/event/laminations-experimental-fiction-workshop)

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30 JANUARY 2025 — thursday

  • Former City Poet Laureate of West Hollywood Kim Dower will read from and discuss her latest poetry collection, What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria, with poet Blas Falconer, Rara Avis, Warwick's, 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, free, 7:30 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.warwicks.com/event/dower-2025)
  • Writers Read Ukiah presents a reading by Chris Olander, Nevada County Poet Laureate emeritus, Open Mic follows the featured poet with six-minute slots for each participant, Grace Hudson Museum, 431 South Main Street, Ukiah, free, 7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.gracehudsonmuseum.org/new-events)

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