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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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21 SEPTEMBER 2025 — sunday

  • The 28th annual Petaluma Poetry Walk is an annual poetry festival founded in 1996, this year features 26 poets at eight venues: 11:00 am, Hotel Petaluma, Ballroom, 205 Kentucky Street: Sixteen Rivers Press kicks off the Walk with Judy Halebsky, Moira Magneson, and Patrick Cahill, with event presenter Terry Ehret; Noon, Keller Street CoWork, Main Lounge, 140 Keller Street: Unsolicited Press Poets, Cathryn Shea, LeeAnn Pickrell, and Kerry Donoghue, with event presenter Daedalus Howell; 1:00 pm, The Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington Street: Found Poets in The Round, Grayson Thompson, Original Giotis, and Bernice Espinoza, with event presenter Josh Windmiller; 2:00 pm, The Big Easy, 128 American Alley: Black Lawrence Press Poets, Cassandra Dallett, Tureeda Mikell, and Paul Corman-Roberts, with event presenter Ingrid Keir; 3:00 pm, Copperfield's Books, 140 Kentucky Street: The Headliners, Dorianne Laux, Life on Earth, and Joseph Millar, Shine, with event presenter Kary Hess; 4:00 pm, Usher Gallery, 1 Petaluma Blvd. North: the Translator Poets, Nancy Morales, Terry Ehret, Amanda Moore, with event presenter Dave Seter, Sonoma County Poet Laureate; 5:00 pm, The Petaluma Historical Library and Museum, 20 4th Street: The Library Youth Poets, Meg Hamill, Lisa Zheng, and Anaya Ertz, with event presenter John Johnson; 6:00-8:00 pm, Aqus Café, 189 H Street (this location is the farthest, you might want a ride for this venue): The Grande Finale: The Shape of Love with Jennifer Barone, Justin Cole Demeter, Ingrid Keir, Sonoma County Poet Laureate Dave Seter, Kelechi Ubozoh, Bill Vartnaw, with event presenter Kary Hess; all in walking distance across Petaluma, all free, 11:00 am to 8:00 pm (For more information, visit: petalumapoetrywalk.org)

22 SEPTEMBER 2025 — monday

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25 SEPTEMBER 2025 — thursday

26 SEPTEMBER 2025 — friday

27 SEPTEMBER 2025 — saturday

  • Fourth Saturdays: Poetry at the Claremont Library presents a reading by the Fourth Saturdays Team, the organizers of the series: Lucia Galloway-Dick, Karen Greenbaum-Maya, Genevieve Kaplan, and George Hammons, Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Avenue, in the Claremont Village, Claremont, free, 2:00 (909/621-4902, www.claremontlibrary.org/monthly-poetry-readings.html)
  • The Sitting Room presents a Round Table Discussion on "The Poetry of Marianne Moore: Just Fiddle or Genuine?" led by Sonoma County Poet Laureate Dave Seter, bring your own favorite poems by Moore or poems of hers that you find challenging, The Sitting Room, Cotati, 2:00-4:00 (Registration required, sittingroomlibrary.org/events)

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