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SUMMARY:Marc Cid
DESCRIPTION:Marc Cid is The Final Boss of Poetry\, and known for his acerbic absurdism\, soft hands\, and general air of pious humility. He also writes short stories when his friends dare him to.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/marc-cid-2/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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SUMMARY:Matt Sedillo
DESCRIPTION:Matt Sedillo is a Chicano poet\, writer\, creative director\, and public intellectual called “the poet laureate of the struggle” by Dr. Paul Ortiz and “the best political poet in America” by investigative journalist Greg Palast. He has been featured in over 90 colleges and universities including the University of Cambridge\, countless cultural institutions\, including Casa De Las Americas and been various media outlets including the Associated Press\, The Los Angeles Times and C-Span.  \nHe is the current literary director of the dA Center for the Arts in Pomona California and author of Mowing Leaves of Grass published by FlowerSong Books. 
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/matt-sedillo/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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SUMMARY:Frankie Drayus
DESCRIPTION:Frankie Drayus lives for the feel of words in her mouth. She has recent work in Crowsswinds Literary Journal and past poems and short-shorts in Passager (Honorable Mention)\, Permafrost\, Poet Lore\, POOL\, Prime Number\, Barrow Street\, poemeleon\, Ninth Letter\, Third Coast\, diode\, ART/LIFE (which also published a piece of her collage art)\, and elsewhere. She received an MFA from NYU where she was poetry editor for Washington Square Review. Her manuscripts have been finalists for the National Poetry Series (twice)\, the Walt Whitman Award\, the May Swenson Poetry Prize\, and Marsh Hawk Press. She is a past co-director of the poetry nonprofit Valley Contemporary Poets\, a multiyear co-curator of T HE T H I R D A R E A\, and a proud repeat survivor of the 3:15 Experiment. She lives in Los Angeles.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/frankie-drayus/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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SUMMARY:Valentina Thompson
DESCRIPTION:Valentina is a 25-year-old queer writer based out of Los Angeles County with a soft spot for game nights\, hot chocolate\, and rainy days. Her work is a vulnerable evolution\, a personal reflection of a life dedicated to unlearning and healing. Through her writing\, Valentina explores the ways trauma\, identity\, and love not only intersect but also speak to each other\, frequently and compassionately\, if we allow them to. Her work has also been published in several presses including Cadence Collective\, Rising Phoenix Press\, and ProTem Magazine.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/valentina-thompson/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200205T200000
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CREATED:20191229T044127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191229T052047Z
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SUMMARY:Ra Avis
DESCRIPTION:Ra lives and loves in Los Angeles and the internet\, where frightfully wondrous things happen. She is a once-upon-a-time inmate\, a reluctantly-optimistic widow\, an exponential storyteller\, and also basically a dinosaur. Her own story is a long one\, but the short version is she (probably) loves you. She blogs regularly at Rarasaur.com\, stop by and say hey.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/ra-avis/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200129T200000
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CREATED:20200103T055536Z
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SUMMARY:Raundi Kai Moore-Kondo
DESCRIPTION:Raundi Kai Moore-Kondo grew up in sunny Southern California praying for white Christmases and daydreaming about the perfect snowman. Her loving parents wisely forbade her from leaving the front yard and chasing after the first snow flurry that fell from the sky. Eventually\, she hit the road\, met her fair share of snowmen\, became a poet\, and this is the book she built. Raundi grew up to be so many things she dreamed of becoming: Including a wife\, mother\, teacher\, rock star\, fiction writer\, publisher\, singer/songwriter\, author of Let The Ends Spill Over Your Lips\, and Founder of For the Love of Words Creative Writing Workshops & Small Press. When she isn’t pushing poetry on people she is bassist for the bands Hurt & the Heartbeat and Daisy Unchained. www.TheLoveOfWords.com
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/raundi-kai-moore-kondo/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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SUMMARY:Alexandria Espinoza
DESCRIPTION:Alexandria Espinoza is a first generation Chicana feminist poet based in Los Angeles. \n \nShe began writing in 2014 and completed the Community Literature Initiative poetry program at USC in 2017. \n \nIn 2017 she competed in the Size if Up amateur womyn’s poetry slam and published her first book of poetry\, Adventure of the Unicorn. \n \nShe has shared her work through readings and performances all across the Southern California.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/alexandria-espinoza/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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CREATED:20191009T204806Z
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SUMMARY:Build-A-Feature
DESCRIPTION:Get ready\, this is going to get weird. Tonight\, we’re going to take volunteers\, and run a poetic experiment. We’ll present a series of prompts (with a dash of audience participation)\, and create a feature before your very eyes! \nMuahahahaha!!! \nWe encourage everyone to take part\, so bring writing materials\, though we’ll still be hosting our regular open mic as well.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/build-a-feature/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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SUMMARY:Terri Nicum
DESCRIPTION:Terri Niccum is a former journalist and special education teacher. She lives in Southern California where she continues to advocate for children with special needs. Her poetry has appeared in Dark Ink: A Poetry Anthology Inspired by Horror (Moon Tide Press); in the Incandescent Mind anthologies\, Volume 2 and Selfish Work (Sadie Girl Press)\, and in the Poeming Pigeon anthologies\, In the Garden and Love Poems. Her work has also been featured in Nimrod International Journal; Poetry LA; Cadence Collective; Literary Orphans; The Maine Review; 1932 Quarterly Review; Oberon Review 2018; Lummox Anthology No. 8; Literary Orphans; Angel City Review; and Pretty Owl Poetry. \nHer first chapbook\, Looking Snow in the Eye\, was released by Finishing Line Press. A second chapbook\, Dead Letter Box\, was published this fall and is available for sale from Moon Tide Press (https://www.moontidepress.com). \nNiccum is married to singer-songwriter Bob Niccum. The coulple regularly jam with The Others\, an eclectic musical ensemble. Niccum vows to continue scribbling and squawking well into her dotage.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/terri-nicum/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200101T080000
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SUMMARY:CLOSED-Happy New Year!
DESCRIPTION:Happy New Year! We won’t be here on the first day of the year. We’ll be sleeping it off\, or trying to make bail. Perhaps both. See you next week!
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/closed-happy-new-year/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191225T200000
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SUMMARY:CLOSED-Ho ho ho!
DESCRIPTION:Yeah\, so… we aren’t going to be here. We suggest you find another way to spend the night. Delivering presents? Sleeping off a hangover? Drink some egg nog. Whatever you do\, don’t blame the Ugly Mug.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/closed-ho-ho-ho/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191218T200000
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SUMMARY:Ugly Mug Holiday Party!
DESCRIPTION:Happy Holidays! For our last gathering of the year\, we’ll be getting together to enjoy each other’s company. No reading\, just a party. Hang out\, talk to some of your favorite people (without a microphone!)\, and spread some non-denominational cheer.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/ugly-mug-holiday-party/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191211T200000
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SUMMARY:James Kelly
DESCRIPTION:James Kelly is\, in fact\, a carbon-based life form. Your suspicion is understandable\, though. He gets that a lot.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/james-kelly/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191204T200000
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SUMMARY:Cindy Rinne & Bory Thach
DESCRIPTION:“Letters Under Rock” Poetry Performance collects from many landscapes and faith traditions: Morocco\, Ireland\, the Sahara\, India\, Japan\, Cambodia\, etc. Animism\, Angels\, Tibetan Buddhism\, Hinduism\, Desert Mothers\, Saints\, etc. There are rituals\, ghosts\, forest spirits\, rebirth\, mollusk that tells a story\, dragon\, heron\, swan. This story reaches across time and space told in love letters left under a rock of an orphan Wanderer and a Nomad. \nCindy Rinne creates fiber art and writes in San Bernardino\, CA. She was Poet in Residence for the Neutra Institute Gallery and Museum\, Los Angeles\, CA. She has created fiber art for over 30 years\, exhibiting internationally. Cindy collaborates in Performance Poetry using her own costume creations based on her books. A Pushcart nominee. Cindy is the author of several books: Letters Under Rock with Bory Thach\, (Elyssar Press)\, Moon of Many Petals (Cholla Needles Press)\, and others. Her poetry appeared or is forthcoming in: Anti-Herion Chic\, Unpsychology Magazine\, MORIA\, several anthologies\, and others. www.fiberverse.com \nBory Thach was born in a refugee camp located on the border between Thailand and Cambodia.  His family immigrated to the United States when he was four years old.  He served in the U.S. Army and deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.  He has an MFA from California State University San Bernardino. Fiction and creative nonfiction fall under the art of storytelling\, while poetry for him is more of a study of language\, an art form in itself. His work appeared or is forthcoming in: Pacific Review\, Urban Ivy\, Arteidolia\, and Sand Canyon Review.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/cindy-rinne-bory-thach/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191127T200000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20191026T000525Z
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SUMMARY:Open Reading
DESCRIPTION:On the day before Thanksgiving\, we give thanks to our open readers\, with an open reading! Bring some poems\, hang out and be part of the feature!
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/open-reading/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191120T200000
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SUMMARY:Christian Lozada and Steven Hendrix
DESCRIPTION:Christian Lozada and Steven Hendrix met while working at Borders Books. They ran the pop up bookstore and reading series Read On Till Morning in San Pedro. After years of sharing the same space to write\, they realized they were writing about similar themes. They recently published a full length poetry collection together Leave With More Than You Came With. In the words of Mark Twain\, “No two poets have ever written with a deeper understanding of humanity in the same book at the same time.” (He may not have said these words in this particular order nor all at the same time\, but he definitely said all these words). Christian and Steven currently live in the rival cities of San Pedro and San Francisco.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/christian-lozada-and-steven-hendrix/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191113T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191113T220000
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SUMMARY:Kelsey Bryan-Zwick
DESCRIPTION:A 2019 Best of the Net nominee\, Kelsey Bryan-Zwick is a Spanish/English speaking poet and artist from Long Beach\, California. A graduate of UC Santa Cruz with a B.A in Literature/Creative Writing\, she is the author of three chapbooks that intermix her art and poetry\, the most recent being Watermarked (Sadie Girl Press). Disabled with scoliosis from a young age\, her poems often focus on trauma\, giving heart to the antiseptic language of hospital intake forms. A Pushcart Prize nominee\, Kelsey’s poems appear or are soon to appear in petrichor\, Cholla Needles\, Rise Up Review\, Redshift\, Writing In A Woman’s Voice\, Lummox\, Right Hand Pointing\, Incandescent Mind\, The New Verse News\, and more. www.kelseybryanzwick.wixsite.com/poetry
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/kelsey-bryan-zwick/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191106T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191106T220000
DTSTAMP:20260426T020630
CREATED:20190806T224141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191026T000342Z
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SUMMARY:King Daddy
DESCRIPTION:King Daddy is a father\, grandfather\, hedonist and bookworm\, who seeks to dwell in the now. A lifelong resident of the San Gabriel Valley\, he dabbles in nudism and Buddhism and revels in primitive\, acoustic Blues. He sometimes writes poems in black notebooks and has been a member of the performance poetry troupe Poets in Distress since the days when pot had seeds and women had pubic hair. He is virtually unpublished and has won no awards or prizes.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/king-daddy/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191030T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191030T220000
DTSTAMP:20260426T020630
CREATED:20191016T223830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191023T172853Z
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SUMMARY:Ugly Mug Halloween Party/Dead Poet Slam!
DESCRIPTION:It’s Halloween Eve\, so we’re getting together for a Dead Poet’s Party! Come hang out\, haunt the Mug\, read some poetry\, and rumor has it there will be a Dead Poet Slam!
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/ugly-mug-halloween-party-dead-poet-slam/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191023T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191023T220000
DTSTAMP:20260426T020630
CREATED:20190806T223111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190923T172410Z
UID:666-1571860800-1571868000@poetryidiots.com
SUMMARY:Lois Chapin
DESCRIPTION:Lois Chapin is an award-winning poet (National League of American Pen Woman) who has been published in many literary anthologies. She is a member of the Los Angeles Writers and Poets Collective. Chapin is a writer and therapist in California who spends her down time racing outrigger canoes on the Pacific Ocean.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/lois-chapin/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191016T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191016T220000
DTSTAMP:20260426T020630
CREATED:20190508T234737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190513T180339Z
UID:619-1571256000-1571263200@poetryidiots.com
SUMMARY:Lynne Thompson
DESCRIPTION:Lynne Thompson’s newest collection\, Fretwork\, was selected by Jane Hirshfield for the 2018 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize and published in 2019. New work appears or is forthcoming in Pleiades\, Colorado Review\, Poetry\, and Black Renaissance Noire.Thompson is the Reviews and Essays Editor of the literary journal\, Spillway.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/lynne-thompson/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191009T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191009T220000
DTSTAMP:20260426T020630
CREATED:20190821T180324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190821T180324Z
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SUMMARY:Daniel McGinn
DESCRIPTION:“There is no other poet on the planet like Daniel McGinn; his writing speaks with a skinless honesty. It is never overdressed and even its sorrows are strangely comforting… I envy anyone who gets to experience McGinn’s poetry for the first time.” \nRachel McKibbens: author of Blud \nDaniel McGinn\, a native of Southern California\, has been involved in the poetry scene for many years. Five of his chapbooks were included in the Laguna Poets Series. He’s given workshops at Half Off Books\, The Orange County Rescue Mission and The Poetry Lab. He competed at the Nationals with the 1996 national slam team and he’s written about local poets as a regular contributor to Next Magazine and The OC Weekly. Daniel received his MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts at the age of 61 and his most recent collection of poems\, “The Moon\, My Lover\, My Mother & The Dog” was published by Moon Tide Press in 2018.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/daniel-mcginn-2/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191002T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191002T220000
DTSTAMP:20260426T020630
CREATED:20190806T223027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190821T180807Z
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SUMMARY:Kevin Ridgeway & Wendy Rainey
DESCRIPTION:Wendy Rainey’s poetry has been published or is forthcoming in Trailer Park Quarterly\, Nerve Cowboy\, Chiron Review\, and several other journals and anthologies. Her book\, Hollywood Church: Short Stories and Poems\, was published by Vainglory Press in 2015. She is a contributing poetry editor on Chiron Review. \nKevin Ridgeway lives and writes in Long Beach\, California. Recent work has appeared in Chiron Review\, Nerve Cowboy\, Big Hammer\, San Pedro River Review\, Trailer Park Quarterly\, Gravel Magazine\, and The Mas Tequila Review\, among others. In 2015\, his poem\, “Her Dead Husband’s Ashes\,” was awarded second place in Cultural Weekly’s annual competition\, the Jack Grapes Poetry Prize. A two-time Pushcart nominee\, Ridgeway is the author of six chapbooks of poetry. The latest\, Contents Under Pressure\, is now available from Crisis Chronicles Press.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/kevin-ridgeway-wendy-rainey/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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SUMMARY:JL Martindale
DESCRIPTION:JL Martindale is a nerdy\, writing mama who was born in Long Beach but has no recollection of that event. She spent the first half of her life in the valley (like for sure\, for sure)\, but returned to her city of birth to attend CSULB where she earned a BA in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing. JL Martindale now resides in Whittier\, California.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/jl-martindale/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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SUMMARY:Alexandra Umlas
DESCRIPTION:Alexandra Umlas is a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominated poet. You can find her work in Rattle\, Connotation Press\, Poetry Super Highway\, Cultural Weekly\, Foothill Journal\, and New Limestone Review\, among others. Her honors include first place in the F(r)iction Poetry Contest (2017)\, the Southeast Review’s Writer’s Regimen Contest (2017)\, the Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest (2018)\, and the Tom Park Poetry Prize from the Fox Poetry Box(2019). She serves as a reader for Palette Poetry and on the board of directors of Tebot Bach. She holds an M.F.A. in Poetry from California State University\, Long Beach and an M.Ed. in Cross-cultural Education. Born in Long Beach\, CA she currently lives in Huntington Beach\, CA with her husband and two daughters.  \nPhoto credit: Alexis Rhone Fancher
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/alexandra-umlas/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190911T200000
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CREATED:20190510T211522Z
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SUMMARY:George Flores
DESCRIPTION:George Flores is a first generation Mex-Am poet who struggles to identify with either some days. Currently CSULB’s finest “super senior”\, studying for a Computer Science B.S. & Theatre minor. \nGeorge recognizes that all art has ever been is half apology\, half “let me explain”\, and always lost in translation. He frequently writes about love\, death\, unwarranted guilt\, and why we’re left to unknot it all. \nHis favorite word is “Thanks”\, most used is “Sorry.” \nFrom the bottom of my heart\, I am truly happy to meet you.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/george-flores/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190828T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190828T220000
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CREATED:20190207T213909Z
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SUMMARY:Kate Leddy & Bri G
DESCRIPTION:Kate Leddy\nKate Leddy is a writer and mental health activist from Portland\, Oregon. She grew up in Westchester County\, New York and still has strong opinions about bagels. Kate has featured at various venues in Portland and represented Portland at the 2018 National Poetry Slam as well as the 2018 Individual World Poetry Slam. Her first chapbook\, Homesick Season\, explores nostalgia for people\, places\, and states of mind. Kate enjoys ice cream sandwiches\, a good cleanse cry\, and excitedly pointing out the only two constellations she knows. \nBri G\nBri G is a Portland poet who is very excited to be organizing her first tour!\nStarting in Slam\, Bri has been in competitions and read on stages and festivals across Portland including Literary Arts. Her work has been published in The Rising Phoenix review. She believes deeply in accessible art\, and helps facilitate the two local Slam Poetry scenes\, as well as the occasional hosting of shows and community events in her home. She recently released her first chap book ‘There’s Room for You Here’ which touches on self love\, relationships\, and god stuff. Bri is currently studying creative writing and publishing at PSU\, until formal education breaks her spirit. Most importantly she believes in you.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/kate-leddy-bri-g/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190821T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190821T220000
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CREATED:20190418T192604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T192604Z
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SUMMARY:19th Anniversary Show featuring Leigh White & Brendan Constantine!
DESCRIPTION:Help us celebrate 19 years of Idiocy with two of our favorite human beings! \nLeigh White\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. \nBrendan Constantine\nBrendan Constantine was born in Los Angeles\, the second child of actors Michael Constantine and Julianna McCarthy. An ardent supporter of Southern California’s poetry communities and one of its most recognized poets\, he has served as a teacher of poetry in local schools and colleges since 1995. \nHis first collection\, ‘Letters to Guns\,’ was released in February 2009 from Red Hen Press to wide acclaim. This was followed in 2011 by ‘Birthday Girl With Possum\,’ under the performance based publisher Write Bloody\, and established Mr. Constantine as a poet equally at home on the page and the stage.  His work can be found in many of the nation’s standards\, including Best American Poetry\, Poem-a-Day\, Tin House\, Virginia Quarterly\, Rattle\, Prairie Schooner\, Field\, and Chautauqua. His most recent collections are ‘Bouncy Bouce’ (2018 Blue Horse Press) and ‘Dementia\, My Darling’ (2016 Red Hen Press). \nMr. Constantine has received support 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\, KPFK’s Poetry Cafe\, numerous podcasts\, and YouTube. He currently teaches creative writing at the Windward School. \nIn addition\, he brings poetry workshops to veterans\, hospitals\, foster care centers\, & shelters for the homeless. He is also very proud of his work with the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project. Since 2017\, he has been working with speech pathologist Michael Biel to develop the first poetry workshop for people dealing with Aphasia. \nHis sister Thea Constantine is a novelist and teacher in Portland\, Oregon.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/19th-anniversary-show-featuring-leigh-white-brendan-constantine/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190814T200000
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CREATED:20190724T051833Z
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SUMMARY:Tresha Haefner
DESCRIPTION:Tresha Faye Haefner is an award-winning author\, creativity coach and speaker. One of the few people to hold a Master’s degree in humanistic psychology\, with a specialization in creativity studies\, Tresha uses research-based methods to help others develop their most authentic creative abilities\, both for the sake of artistic expression\, and personal well-being. \nTresha has been an active member and teacher at California Poets in the Schools\, helped to curate the CPITS Anthology of Lesson Plans\, Poetry Crossing\, and has been a grant recipient through the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Artist-In-Residence program. \nTresha’s work has been published in several journals\, including BloodLotus\, The Cincinnati Review\, Fourth River\, Hunger Mountain\, Pirene’s Fountain\, Poet Lore\, Prairie Schooner\, and Rattle. She is the recipient of the 2011 Robert and Adele Schiff Poetry Prize\, a 2015 Pushcart nominee\, and author of two chapbooks\, The Lone Breakable Night and Take This Longing from Finishing Line Press. She continues to read widely\, attend regular readings and workshops\, and learn from every poet she meets. \nTresha has studied with innovative poets such as Kim Addonizio\, Sally Ashton\, Ellen Bass\, Gabrielle Calvacoressi\, Brendan Constantine\, Matthew Dickman\, Jack Grapes\, Suzanne Lummis\, Eloise Klein Healy\, Naomi Shihab-Nye\, and founder of the Poetry Depths Mystery School\, Kim Rosen. \nCurrently Tresha lives in Los Angeles with her husband Allen Rubinstein and two very cute kittens.  She often tells her classes that she began writing only so she could have the credentials to teach workshops to other innovative writers and poets.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/tresha_haefner/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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SUMMARY:Patty Seyburn
DESCRIPTION:Patty Seyburn has published five collections of poems: Threshold Delivery\n(Finishing Line Press\, 2019)\, Perfecta (What Books Press\, Glass Table\nCollective\, 2014); Hilarity\, (New Issues Press\, 2009)\, Mechanical Cluster\n(Ohio State University Press\, 2002) and Diasporadic (Helicon Nine Editions\,\n1998). She earned a BS and an MS in Journalism from Northwestern\nUniversity\, an MFA in Poetry from University of California\, Irvine\, and a\nPh.D. in Poetry and Literature from the University of Houston. She is a\nprofessor at California State University\, Long Beach.
URL:https://poetryidiots.com/event/patty-seyburn/
LOCATION:The Ugly Mug\, 261 N. Glassell Street\, Orange\, CA\, 92866\, United States
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