Featured reading with Juanita Martin, first poet laureate of Fairfield, at SoCoCo (Sonoma County Coffee) at 1015 4th Street in Santa Rosa.
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Mar.23.2010 - 7:32 pm
Taurean Horn Press began publishing in 1974 in San Francisco. As the publisher, I moved back to Petaluma in 1998, but I kept a P. O. Box in San Francisco for Taurean Horn Press...
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Jun.17.2009 - 9:41 am
I first met David in January of 1972. I had graduated from Davis the preceding June and had moved back to Sonoma County sometime in November, after failing to enjoy a Tahoe...
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Apr.23.2009 - 2:12 pm
The idea for the Petaluma Poetry Walk came about when Geri Digiorno, the Sonoma County Poet Laureate from 2006-2008, was having lunch out in Petaluma (California) with Judy...
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Mar.20.2009 - 6:58 pm
I first met Carol Lee Sanchez in 1973. She was running the Coffee Gallery Open Reading in North Beach in San Francisco, living with the poet, Paul Vane, and raising two of her...
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Sep.01.2011
Published by Pulsar Poetry Webzine, Edition #8 (60)
I'll be honest about this. I had no idea what to expect. My knowledge of Finland and its culture is pretty much limited to knowing that Nokia come from there and Abba don't...
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My first poem was published in Paper Pudding in 1972, a Sonoma County literary magazine. Moved to San Francisco in 1973, was one of the original members of the Bay Area Poets Coalition in 1974 and helped create their Summer Solstice & Autumn Equinox...
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