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Poetry
Poetry Afternoon
Sunday, October 12, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Sarah Kobrinsky, Poet Laureate of Emeryville
will be joined by:
Janelll Moon, former Poet Laureate of Emeryville
Elizabeth Rosner
Dorsetta Hale, Poet Laureate of Pacifica
Sophie Elkin, Youth Poet Laureate of Oakland
Luke Warm Water, member of the Oglala Sioux tribe
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Poetry Happy Hour
Thursday, October 23, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Sarah Kobrinsky, Poet Laureate of Emeryville
will be joined by:
Marissa Bell Toffoli
Erica Goss, Poet Laureate of Los Gatos
Caroline Goodwin, former Poet Laureate of San Mateo
John Oliver Simon
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Location: 6121 Hollis Street, Suite 900, Heritage Square, Emeryville
We are delighted to bring together these poets from around the Bay Area. Not only are they wonderful writers, but they are all committed to promoting poetry within their respective communities. Some of these poets will also have work appear on Poems on the Emery Go-Round, the new poetry program sponsored by the City of Emeryville and the Emeryville Transportation Management Association.
Sarah Kobrinsky, Poet Laureate of Emeryville
Sarah Kobrinsky is the current Poet Laureate of Emeryville, CA, and a recent Pushcart nominee. Her poems and stories have appeared in numerous print and on-line journals. She was born in Canada, reared in North Dakota, seasoned in England, and tempered in California.
Janell Moon, former Poet Laureate of Emeryville
Riding Free in a Blue Studebaker is Janell Moon's sixth book of poetry selected for publication as part of the Main Street Rag's 2010 national poetry contest. Salt and Paper: 65 Candles, an experimental poetry-prose collection won the RAW Art Press 2011 Experimental Contest and publication of her memoir. She won first place in the Salt Hill Prize and Stonewall Prize resulting in publication of the poem “Something’s Wrong” and the poetry book, Lesbian Speaker’s Bureau. Awarded a grant by Poets and Writers Magazine, she was voted Emeryville Poet Laureate in 2011-2013. Janell Moon is the author of four spiritual nonfiction books including Stirring the Waters: Writing to Find Your Spirit (Tuttle) and How to Pray Without Being Religious (Elements, HarperCollinsUK).
Elizabeth Rosner
Novelist, poet and essayist Elizabeth Rosner is the author of two highly acclaimed bestselling novels, The Speed of Light and Blue Nude. Her newest books are Electric City, a novel, and Gravity, a poetry collection. More information about Elizabeth, her writing, and her teaching can be found on her website: www.elizabethrosner.com.
Dorsetta Hale, Poet Laureate of Pacifica
Dorsetta Hale is the author of a chapbook, Twenty Three Poems and a Likely Story and The Coast is Clear, a book of personal essays. She is the Poet Laureate of Pacifica, CA.
Luke Warm Water, member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe
Luke Warm Water was born and raised in Rapid City, South Dakota, and is an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe. His poetry appears in Shedding Skins: Four Sioux Poets (Michigan State University Press, 2008) and eight chapbooks since 1999. Luke featured at the prestigious Geraldine R. Dodge 12th Biennial Poetry Festival in 2008. He has featured at poetry venues throughout the United States and Europe, and has won Poetry Slam competitions from California to Germany. He is the recipient of a 2010 Oakland Cultural Arts grant. His chapbook City Tree of Concrete & Hope (2012) received an Artists Embassy International book award. Luke currently resides in Oakland, California.
Sophie Elkin, Youth Poet Laureate of Oakland
Seventeen-year-old Sophie Elkin was raised in Oakland, California and is now this city’s 2014 Youth Poet Laureate. Sophie is a key member of Youth Speak’s advisory board SPOKES and a mentor to new, young writers. She cultivates spaces that honor all experience through creative expression and builds bridges to other youth, who, like herself, have been locked out of conversations into silence. She marched and camped throughout Occupy Oakland and has marched against big banks and for abortion and LGBTQ rights.
Marissa Bell Toffoli
At home in Berkeley, California, Marissa Bell Toffoli is an editor and creative writing teacher. She publishes interviews with writers online at http://wordswithwriters.com. Marissa holds an MFA in Writing from California College of the Arts and is the poetry editor for Exterminating Angel Press: The Magazine.
Erica Goss, Poet Laureate of Los Gatos
Erica Goss is the Poet Laureate of Los Gatos, CA, and the host of Word to Word. Her books include Wild Place and Vibrant Words: Ideas and Inspirations for Poets. Her poems, reviews and articles appear widely, both on-line and in print.
Caroline Goodwin, Poet Laureate of San Mateo
Caroline Goodwin teaches in the MFA Writing program at California College of the Arts in San Francisco and is currently serving as San Mateo County’s first Poet Laureate.
John Oliver Simon
John Oliver Simon is one of the legendary poets of the Berkeley Sixties who has remained true to his calling. Published from Abraxas to Zyzzyva, he is also a distinguished translator of contemporary Latin American poetry, who received an NEA fellowship for his work with the great Chilean surrealist Gonzalo Rojas (1917-2011). He is Artistic Director of Poetry Inside Out, a program of the Center for the Art of Translation, and is the River of Words 2013 Teacher of the Year. His next major book, Grandpa’s Syllables, is due November 2014 from White Violet Press.
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