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SUMMARY:Lee Rossi
DESCRIPTION:Lee Rossi is the author of four books of poetry and has appeared in numerous anthologies. His poems\, reviews and essays have been published in journals throughout the country\, including The Harvard Review\, Poetry Northwest\, The North American Review\, Main Street Rag\, Tar River Poetry\, The Spoon River Poetry Review\, The Southeast Review\, The Atlanta Review\, Green Mountains Review\, The Sun\, Poetry East\, Nimrod\, the Beloit Poetry Journal\, Poet Lore\, The Southern Poetry Review\, and The Southern Review. He is a winner of the Sense of Site poetry contest sponsored by the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department as well as the Jack Grapes Poetry Prize. From 1986 to 1992\, he edited Tsunami\, a journal of contemporary poetry based in Los Angeles. He is currently Staff Reviewer for Pedestal\, an online magazine based in North Carolina\, and a Contributing Editor to Poetry Flash. He lives in Northern California. He’ll be reading from his new book\, Darwin’s Garden\, just out from Moon Tide Press.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/lee-rossi/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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SUMMARY:G. Murray Thomas
DESCRIPTION:G. Murray Thomas used to attend poetry readings all over SoCal. Then he moved to upstate New York. Now we don’t know what he does with his time. Maybe he’ll tell us on Wednesday.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/g_murray_thomas/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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SUMMARY:Bill Friday
DESCRIPTION:William S. Friday is a Long Beach poet and publisher. With three books in print\, Bill continues to write and edit. His books\, “A Death on Skunk Street”\, “Between Love and Orgasms”\, and “Mourning Person”\, are available at local retail locations\, and on amazon.com. When not doing what all the cool kids are doing\, Bill operates a forklift for pay\, is a commercial voice actor\, and still deals with regret from never having been the centerfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is currently working on his fourth book\, tentatively titled\, “Human as Fuck”\, and scheduled for release in late summer.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/bill-friday/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190220T220000
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SUMMARY:Jan Hanson
DESCRIPTION:Jan Hanson has more than 30 years of experience writing in the business world\, and writing poetry in a parallel universe. Her earliest experience was as an eligibility worker for the department of social services\, where hand-writing narratives documenting contact with clients was a daily requirement. Her work as advertising coordinator for a cattleman’s association publication brought new opportunities for written communication. And her decades-long career in human resources saw the evolution from formal letter-writing and file documentation hammered out on a Selectric typewriter\, to complex and detailed electronic documentation of all\nmanner of investigations and complaints. In school\, she studied organizational development\, which gave her tools for a successful career. But it was what she experienced in writing workshops\, held in living rooms\, sun porches\, and small gatherings under pine trees\, that made poetry happen. She is a human resources director who lives in Orange\, California\, having lived parts of her life in Texas and Florida. She participates in writing workshops\, and sings backup in a country band. Her work has appeared in Southwest American Literature and Writers’ Journal\, and her first published chapbook\, I’ll Never Play the Hammered Dulcimer\, will be released\nJanuary 4\, 2019\, by Finishing Line Press.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/jan-hanson/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190213T200000
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SUMMARY:Arminé Iknadossian
DESCRIPTION:ARMINE IKNADOSSIAN fled Beirut\, Lebanon for Pasadena\, California with her family in 1978 to escape the civil war. She spent her childhood avoiding indoctrination from evangelical Christians and watching after her twin sisters\, which is also the primary reason she has chosen to remain childless. After earning her BA from UCLA\, she worked as assistant editor to syndicated columnists Arianna Huffington\, Robert Scheer and Moly Ivins. Armine’s teaching career took over for the next 20 years\, during which time she served as a recitation coach for Poetry Out Loud’s National Recitation Contest. She later earned her MFA in Poetry from Antioch University\, Los Angeles during which time her mentor Richard Garcia nominated Armine for a writing fellowship at Summer Poetry in Idyllwild. The Los Angeles Writing Project at Cal State LA also awarded her writing fellowships where she also serves as a writing consultant. In 2015\, Armine retired from teaching in order to support the literary arts and focus on her two manuscripts god(l)ess: The L Is Silent and Resident Alien. She is currently one of the bookstore managers at Beyond Baroque Bookstore aka The Scott Wannberg Poetry Lounge where you can purchase her newly released chapbook United States of Love & Other Poems. She looks forward to serving as a Writer in the Schools (WITS) for Red Hen Press this fall. Awards: “The Return” was a finalist in Backwards City Review’s annual contest. 10\,000 copies of “March Eulogy” were printed by the City of Los Angeles and distributed by Max Racks thanks to The Writers at Work Postcard Project. “A New Year” appears in the 2011 Writers at Work calendar. Fellowship\, Summer Poetry in Idyllwild 2007 Returning Fellowship\, Summer Poetry in Idyllwild 2008 Publications: Alabama Literary Review Ararat Arbutus Cloudbank Common Ground Review Edge Inscape Lounge Lit: An Anthology of Poetry and Fiction by the Writers of Literati Cocktail and Rhapsodomancy Margie The Northridge Review Pearl Poetic Diversity Poets Against War Rhino Spout Weave Wisteria: A Collection of Work by New Poets in Los Angeles Writers at Work Zaum Freelance work: Modern Drummer Magazine TOM TOM Magazine The Armenian Reporter Media Cake rekwired.com. In 2019\, she released a collection of poems titled All That Wasted Fruit.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/armine-iknadossian/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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SUMMARY:Victoria Lynne McCoy
DESCRIPTION:VICTORIA LYNNE MCCOY holds an MFA in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College and a BA in “The Power of Words: Creative Expression as a Catalyst for Change\,” focusing on activism in the arts\, from the University of Redlands’ Johnston Center for Integrative Studies. Her work has appeared in Best New Poets\, Blackbird\, The Collagist\, Drunken Boat\, The Offing\, The Paris-American\, and PANK\, among others. Her poetry has been named a semi-finalist for the Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize and the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award\, as well as a finalist for the Yes Yes Books Open Reading\, the St. Lawrence Book Award\, the Mudfish Poetry Prize and the Third Coast Poetry Prize. After serving as Publicist & Assistant Editor for Four Way Books\, Victoria left NYC to return to her native Southern California. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/victoria-lynne-mccoy/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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SUMMARY:Brendan Constantine
DESCRIPTION:Brendan Constantine is the author of four collections of poetry. His work has appeared in Best American Poetry\, Poem-a-Day\, Prairie Schooner\, Virginia Quarterly\, Ploughshares\, and the American Journal of Poetry among other journals. His most recent collections are ‘Bouncy Bounce’ (2018 Blue Horse Press) and ‘Dementia\, My Darling’ (2016 Red Hen Press). He has received grants and commissions from the Getty Museum\, James Irvine Foundation\, and the National Endowment for the Arts. A popular performer\, Brendan has presented his work to audiences throughout the U.S. and Europe\, also appearing on NPR’s ‘All Things Considered\,’ numerous podcasts\, and YouTube. He currently teaches poetry at the Windward School and regularly offers classes to hospitals\, veterans\, and people dealing with Aphasia.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/brendan-constantine/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dark Ink Anthology Reading
DESCRIPTION:Moon Tide Press is very excited to present a new anthology\, Dark Ink: A Poetry Anthology Inspired by Horror\, featuring 66 amazing poets from around the country! \nThis collection is a celebration of the fun and fright for everything that goes bump in the night…we have poetic takes on Frankenstein’s monster and his bride\, musings on zombies\, Lovecraft-ian (is that a word?) love letters\, metaphorical monsters (and Munsters)\, vampiric verses\, and much\, much more. If you are a fan of poetry or horror or BOTH\, this is a book for you! \nFeatured readers for this spooktacular event to be announced soon.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/dark-ink-anthology-reading/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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SUMMARY:Heather June Gibbons
DESCRIPTION:Heather June Gibbons is the author of the poetry collection Her Mouth as Souvenir\, winner of the 2017 Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize from the University of Utah Press\, as well as two chapbooks\, Sore Songs and Flyover. Her poems have appeared widely in literary journals\, including Blackbird\, Boston Review\, Gulf Coast\, Indiana Review\, jubilat\, New American Writing\, and West Branch. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, she has been the recipient of fellowships and awards from the Vermont Studio Center\, Academy of American Poets and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. She teaches creative writing at San Francisco State University\, The Writing Salon\, and as a Teaching Artist for Performing Arts Workshop\, a youth arts education non-profit.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/heather-june-gibbons/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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SUMMARY:Holiday Party
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our annual holiday get together at the Mug. Nothing fancy\, just friendly poets hanging out. More details soon.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/holiday-party/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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SUMMARY:Holiday Slam
DESCRIPTION:Nothing says holidays like competition\, right? Days of giving\, good cheer and cut-throat competition. So\, we’re holding a slam! Because we take slam srsly. \nWe’ll be kinda mostly sticking by regular slam rules\, 3 minute rule\, judges picked randomly from the audience\, olympic-ish-style scoring\, etc. We also encourage (but do not require) holiday-themed poems for the slam. Eggnog\, latkes\, politics. You know\, holiday-stuff.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/holiday-slam/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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SUMMARY:Leigh White + Help the Homeless Holiday Drive
DESCRIPTION:Help us gather much-needed clothes and supplies for Orange County’s homeless population. We’ll be taking collections of items and donations. Among the items needed most: new black socks\, gently used but clean fleece blankets\, gently used gym shoes\, hoodies\, men’s jeans and sweat pants\, and toiletries (items used for personal care including soap\, shampoo\, and toothpaste). \nLeigh White was born on the south side of Chicago. She is a prolific painter and accomplished poet in Orange County\, CA. She’s been writing and performing poetry since 1997. She pays for art supplies with a successful career in marketing\, advertising copywriting\, design and illustration. In her spare time\, she helps the homeless.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/leigh-white-help-the-homeless-holiday-drive/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ellen Webre
DESCRIPTION:Ellen Webre was born in Hong Kong and raised in Orange County. She is currently working towards a Masters in Teaching at UCI\, and has a BA in screenwriting at Chapman University. Ellen is also the social media specialist for Moon Tide Press and the Two Idiots Peddling Poetry Reading in Orange\, CA. Her poetry largely explores the celestial and supernatural\, myth and folklore. She was most recently published in Moon Tide Press’ DARK INK: A Horror Anthology. Other publications include A Poet is Poet No Matter How Tall\, Voicemail Poems\, Vanilla Sex Magazine\, Gingerbread House Lit\, Black Napkin Press and The Metaworker. \nHer Facebook Page can be found at https://www.facebook.com/ellenwebrepoetry/
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/ellen-webre/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181121T200000
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SUMMARY:CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING
DESCRIPTION:We’ll be prepping hard to stuff our faces with Turkey. Hope you will be too. Or however you celebrate/hide from the terror of reality/cope with family\, we wish you the best.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/closed-for-thanksgiving/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181114T200000
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SUMMARY:Shy But Flyy
DESCRIPTION:Shy But Flyy is a Blues\, Jazz\, and spoken- word artist currently located in Long Beach CA. Shy started out in the music business in the genre of R & B and Hip-Hop\, releasing three independent mixtapes in the mid 2000’s. Along with mixtapes she also featured on many projects and wrote hooks for a wide range of artists in So Cal and Texas. At one point she took a break to go behind the scenes to get a certificate in commercial music business\, intern at a major record label\, and host her own radio show interviewing indie artists\, “Flyy Radio”. \nAfter the break from the spotlight and soul searching\, Shy dove head first into the Blues scene. The Blues was always with Shy growing up\, so to no surprise\, in recent years she began to do it full time. Shy has headlined The Uptown Jazz festival\, The New Blues Festival\, and many other private and public festivals in Long Beach. She currently has her own band\, “Shy But Flyy and the Allstarz”. Along with weekly gigs you can find her as a featured vocalist with other bands\, and sitting in at jazz jam sessions around the Los Angeles area on her nights off. Currently\, Shy is performing regularly and recording an EP.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/shy-but-flyy/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181107T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181107T220000
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SUMMARY:Thomas R. Thomas
DESCRIPTION:Thomas R. Thomas was born in Los Angeles\, CA\, and grew up in the San Gabriel Valley west of LA. Currently he lives in Long Beach\, CA. He has a chapbook Scorpio by Carnival\, and his poems have been published in Carnival\, Bank Heavy Press\, and Silver Birch Press. In 2013 His book Five Lines by World Parade Books is out now! Find it on Amazon. \nHis website is thomasrthomas.org.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/thomas-r-thomas/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181031T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181031T220000
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SUMMARY:Halloween Party
DESCRIPTION:In order to avoid mobs of zombie-like children trying to steal our precious candy\, we’ll be hiding out at the Ugly Mug\, and having a party. Partay. Like it’s 1999. Or Halloween (which it is). \nJoin us. There will be an open mic but no feature. The idea is to partay. \nCostumes encouraged but not required. \nRumor has it that Sister Phil will be making an appearance.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/halloween-party/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181024T200000
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SUMMARY:Snorted the Moon and Doused the Sun Anthology Reading
DESCRIPTION:Charles Bukowski once wrote\, “Writing is the ultimate psychiatrist.” Aristotle believed that writing poetry allowed people “to transform their problems into power and their sadness into strength.” This is what we hope writing poems for this anthology did for the courageous individuals who submitted their work. Work that is raw\, authentic\, and deeply personal; giving voice not only to their pain\, but delving into their dark side\, or humorous side\, or bright side\, and presenting their beautiful imperfect selves to us all. Because only in this way—when we dare to share our most honest and vulnerable selves—can we transform our problems and find some semblance of self-love and acceptance. Something we all need\, as the New York Times recently reported that opiates are now the number one killer of Americans under the age of fifty. We hope you too will find peace within the pages of this book as you enter the world of addiction and redemption through each of these brave and heroic poets.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/snorted-the-moon-and-doused-the-sun-anthology-reading/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181017T200000
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SUMMARY:Luivette Resto
DESCRIPTION:Born in Aguas Buenas\, Puerto Rico\, poet Luivette Resto was raised in the Bronx. The first in her family to graduate from college\, Resto earned a BA at Cornell University and an MFA at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst\, where she studied with Martín Espada. \nResto’s poems engage themes of romantic love and cultural identity. In a 2008 blog interview with blogger Cindy E. Rodríguez\, Resto discussed her commitment to the art\, stating\, “I enjoy the challenge of finding the right set of words to express a series of thoughts\, emotions\, or observations in a compacted space. For me\, poetry can be the most beautiful way to express some of the most painful yet truthful side to life.” \nResto is the author of the poetry collections Unfinished Portrait (2008)\, which was a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize\, and Ascension (2013). A CantoMundo Fellow\, she has taught at Citrus College and Mt. San Antonio College\, and has served as a contributing editor for Kweli Journal. She lives with her family in the Los Angeles area\, and hosts the monthly reading series La Palabra in Highland Park.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/luivette-resto/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181010T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181010T220000
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SUMMARY:liz gonzalez
DESCRIPTION:liz gonzález\, a fourth generation Southern Californian\, grew up in the San Bernardino Valley. She’s a funkifizer\, animal and nature lover\, writer\, activist\, and creative writing instructor and pusher. \nliz is the author of Dancing in the Santa Ana Winds: Poems y Cuentos New and Selected (Los Nietos Press\, July 2018). She writes poetry\, fiction\, and creative nonfiction\, and her work will appear or recently appeared in Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California\, Inlandia: San Bernardino\, the City of Los Angeles 2017 Latino Heritage Month Calendar and Cultural Guide\, Cultural Weekly\, Voices from Leimert Park Anthology Redux\, The Coiled Serpent: Poets Arising from the Cultural Quakes and Shifts of Los Angeles\, and Wide Awake: The Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond. \nHer recent awards include a 2017 Residency at Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts and a 2017 Arts Council for Long Beach Professional Development Microgrant\, both of which supported her research on her maternal grandfather’s childhood in the Midwest from 1911-1923. \nCurrently\, liz lives in North Long Beach\, California\, with her fur buddies Chacho\, a chi mix\, and Espresso\, a tortie\, who keep her company while she’s writing\, and Jorge Martin\, a scientist and musician. She directs Uptown Word & Arts\, promoting literacy and the arts in North Long Beach and beyond since 2015; is a member of Macondo Writers Workshop; and proudly serves on the Macondo 2018 Ad Hoc Advisory Board. She is a creative writing instructor for the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/liz-gonzalez/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181003T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181003T220000
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CREATED:20180927T022925Z
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SUMMARY:Matthew Cuban Hernandez
DESCRIPTION:Matthew ‘Cuban’ Hernandez is a poet\, speaker\, and performance coach from Jacksonville\, Florida. He has toured as far as Abu Dhabi and nearly every major city in the United States and Europe\, performing\, teaching and coaching poetry. A teaching artist for nearly ten years\, Matthew has spent the last four years working in youth detention centers across Los Angeles County. He has opened for artists such as Wu-Tang and has performed for platforms such as BuzzFeed and NPR. Matthew is also a three time Southern Fried poetry slam champion and an award-winning poetry coach. Cuban’s favorite activity is making people feel great; sometimes he does this through poetry.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/matthew-cuban-hernandez/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180926T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180926T220000
DTSTAMP:20260426T111025
CREATED:20180905T202359Z
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SUMMARY:Larry Colker Memorial Reading
DESCRIPTION:We’ll be hosting a memorial poetry reading for our dear friend\, Larry Colker\, who passed away recently. He was one of the hosts of our sister reading\, The Redondo Poets at Coffee Cartel\, and an amazingly decent\, kind person on top of writing exquisite poems. \nFor those who aren’t aware of his work yet\, watch this video of him performing a poem at one of the Rattle publication parties in Flintridge.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/larry-colker-memorial-reading/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180919T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180919T220000
DTSTAMP:20260426T111025
CREATED:20180830T005214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T183916Z
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SUMMARY:Kevin Ridgeway
DESCRIPTION:Kevin Ridgeway was raised in Whittier and now lives and writes in Long Beach\, CA. A Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee\, recent work of his has appeared or is forthcoming in Slipstream\, Chiron Review\, Nerve Cowboy\, The American Journal of Poetry\, Main Street Rag\, The Cape Rock\, Plainsongs\, San Pedro River Review\, Cultural Weekly and So it Goes: The Literary Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library. He is the author of eight chapbooks of poetry\, including On the Burning Shore (Arroyo Seco Press). His most recent are A Ludicrous Split (alongside poems by Gabriel Ricard\, Alien Buddha Press) and Smile Until You’re Alive Enough to Be Dead (Analogue Submission Press\, UK).
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/kevin-ridgeway/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180912T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180912T220000
DTSTAMP:20260426T111025
CREATED:20180828T044341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T012858Z
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SUMMARY:Robin Axworthy
DESCRIPTION:Robin Axworthy is a local poet and retired teacher. She moderates the poetry section of the Writer’s Club of Whittier and is active in local poetry events and workshops. She has been published in various anthologies\, including most recently Lullaby of Teeth (Moontide Press) and Selfish Work: Incandescent Mind 3 (Sadie Girl Press). She is currently working on a chapbook.Artist Statement:When I was a teenager\, my go-to phrase was “I’m confused.” Writing and reading others’ poetry helps me un-confuse. My poetry often originates in something not quite seen – a presence or ghost peering from behind the concrete reality of the everyday – a tree or an argument or a turn in the road. In writing\, I try to call that presence into being\, delineate it\, call it by its name\, and find its place – and hope that others might also say\, “Oh yes. I have seen this thing too.”
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/robin-axworthy/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180905T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180905T220000
DTSTAMP:20260426T111025
CREATED:20180828T043421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194453Z
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SUMMARY:Conney Williams
DESCRIPTION:Conney Williams is a poet\, actor\, community activist\, and performance artist. He has two collections of poetry\, Leaves of Spilled Spirit from an Untamed Poet (2002) and Blues Red Soul Falsetto (2012). In 2015\, he released two critically acclaimed CDs of his poetry accompanied by music titled River&Moan and Unsettled Water. He is the Artistic Director at the World Stage and Coordinator for the Anansi Writers Workshop.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/conney-williams/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180829T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180829T220000
DTSTAMP:20260426T111025
CREATED:20180828T074434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T005513Z
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SUMMARY:Bryn Wickerd
DESCRIPTION:Bryn Wickerd is a twenty-one year old Poet\, certified Domestic Violence Advocate\, San Fernando Valley Rat\, lover of podcasts; fluid self expression\, and all things Shakespearian. Bryn believes that writing is a confirmation of existence\, a way to create tangibility out of chaotic thought. Their poetry is currently being displayed in an ekphrastic art gallery at Whittier College entitled “Bridges”. Additional publications include; Falling Star Magazine\, Rise Up Review\, and Moontide Press. You can see her this summer as a member of The Poetry Circus at Griffith Park. Bryn also hopes the times are treating you gently.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/bryn-wickerd/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180815T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180815T220000
DTSTAMP:20260426T111025
CREATED:20180830T010236Z
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SUMMARY:Alyssa Matuchniak
DESCRIPTION:Alyssa Matuchniak is a Southern Californian emerging on the poetry scene. A second-generation biracial American–the daughter of an Indian mother and an English-Polish father–she attends the Master’s in Teaching program at UCI and dreams of becoming “that kind of weird but cool” English teacher you hear about in stories. She’s not sure if she’s a poet yet\, but she’s working on it. Her work deals primarily with questions on mixed-race identity\, the space of the female body\, and the meaning of home. Her poems have previously been published in Black Napkin Press.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/alyssa-matuchniak/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180808T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180808T220000
DTSTAMP:20260426T111025
CREATED:20180830T010047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T010047Z
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SUMMARY:Marc Cid
DESCRIPTION:Marc Cid recently noticed how awful and widespread suicide stigmatization is\, and has been writing a lot about that in particular. He is also a staff member with FORTHE\, a Long Beach-based non-profit media organization.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/marc-cid/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180801T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180801T220000
DTSTAMP:20260426T111025
CREATED:20180830T202504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T202504Z
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SUMMARY:Julayne Lee
DESCRIPTION:Julayne Lee is a 1.X generation adopted Asian American poet\, artivist\, producer\, occasional blogger and Futbolista. Writing is a source of inspiration\, community\, liberation and survival for her. She has been published in Homeland Insecurities\, a fundraiser for the APIA Spoken Word and Poetry Summit and the O.K.A.Y. (Overseas Korean Artists e-Yearbook)\, #5 and the 2017 City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Calendar and Cultural Guide. Julayne was selected to read her poem For My Mother in the 2017 Listen to Your Mother show in Burbank. In addition\, she has read in Seoul\, S. Korea\, Boston\, Minneapolis\, St. Paul\, Berkeley and Los Angeles. \nShe has written for Korean Quarterly and her review of the filmCasa de los Babys was republished in Uri Shinmun\, a multilingual publication based in the Netherlands. Julayne has been a guest blogger for Land of Gazillion Adoptees\, Slant Eye for the Round Eye and the Minneapolis St. Paul Star Tribune. She has spoken on adoption at symposiums and universities in Korea and the US. \nJulayne was a Community Literature Initiative Scholar and is a Las Dos Brujas Writers’ Workshop alum. You can hear her at open mics throughout Los Angeles and Orange County: Sunday Jump\, Tuesday Night Cafe\, The Great Mic\, Our Mic\, The World Stage\, Common Ground\, The Definitive Soapbox\, Rapp Saloon Reading Series and The Window @ A.G. Geiger. Her first collection of poetry Not My White Savior is forthcoming (2018) from Rare Bird Books. \nJulayne has a B.S. in Mathematics Education and an M.A.Ed. and is a Sr. Data Analyst. When she’s not writing or at a literary event\, she enjoys stand up paddle boarding (SUP)\, traveling\, films\, Korean dramas and sampling cupcakes at the local coffee shop. She is a co-founder and steering committee member of Adoptee Solidarity Korea – Los Angeles (ASK-LA). She is also a member of the Adoptee Rights Campaign working to pass the Adoptee Citizenship Act to ensure all inter-country adoptees have US citizenship.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/julayne-lee/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180725T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180725T220000
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SUMMARY:Elizabeth Iannaci
DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth Iannaci was born in New Haven\, shares a birthday with Red China\, Julie Andrews\, Jimmy Carter\, two of her college roommates (which was always challenging when getting carded) and the anniversary of Roger Maris’s 61st homer.  Though she grew up in Southern California\, she’s never been on a surfboard.  She could\, however\, spin a Hula Hoop continuously while drinking a glass of water.   At 15 she was an Á go go dancer for Warden and the Fugitives\, a local garage band. She learned to change the points\, plugs and condenser on most American cars.  Sadly\, today’s cars no longer have them.  She played drums in a girl band and can still play a mean paradiddle.   As a teenager Elizabeth designed and sewed her own clothes and is proud to say she once made an outfit out of draperies before reading (or seeing the film version of) Gone With the Wind.  She hitchhiked across country with her first husband and on the way bartered a bottle of Hai Karate aftershave for two ZagNut candy bars and a pack of Winstons\, then hitched a ride from a guy who hocked his teeth for a bottle of whiskey. In the mid-seventies\, she was an assistant to Led Zeppelin before giving in to the lure of Poetry (where the real money is).  Along the way she made her living as a singer/actor/Marilyn Monroe look-alike and also portrayed an array of characters including Snow White\, Madonna\, and Vina\, the “Green Girl” from Star Trek.  She designed a line of greeting cards\, the most popular of which was a drawing of a toilet with a rainbow going into the bowl.  Inside were the words Sorry things didn’t turn out.  A fortune-teller once saw lots of money in her future\, but failed to say whose money it would be—no coincidence that she’s been the check-writer or treasurer for most of the organizations to which she’s belonged.  She has traveled to Canada\, England\, France\, Germany\, Slovenia\, Turkey\, India\, Japan and 40 out of 50 states in the US without getting arrested (please knock on wood)\, and can usually learn how to ask Where is the bathroom/water closet/toilet/loo/facilities? Oh\, yes\, Elizabeth writes poetry\, earned her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts\, and occasionally writes letters on paper that are still delivered by humans. \nElizabeth’s latest chapbook\, “The Virgin Turtle Light Show: Spring\, 1968” chronicles events that occurred a mere half-century ago
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/elizabeth-iannaci/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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