The times are changing! San Diegans began the transition back to work and school months ago. And now that summer is upon us, we are, albeit cautiously, off the sofa and off our screens and out the door! The beaches and pubs and restaurants and playhouses are calling! If you are ready and looking for…
Category: poet
Last of 2020 Poets at the Bench featuring Sage and Klam
From Deborah Ramos, host of Poets at the Bench: Please join the global community for our next online Poets at the Bench on Sunday, Nov. 29, at 3 p.m. I am honored to have two featured poets for the last Zoom bench of the year, Michael Klam and Sage. Sage is a 15-year-old creative, growing up in San Diego, Calif. As a San Diego High…
Mary F. Lenox, Broken Anchor Poetry Zoom, Saturday, June 27, 1:00 p.m.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Mary F. Lenox is a poet, writer, speaker, and educator. She was a professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia in the School of Library and Information Science, later serving as dean for 12 years. She is the author of two books of poetry, Threads of Grace: Selected Poems (2015) and Riches…
reg e gaines
Playwright, poet and director
Malachi Black
Malachi Black will perform at Poetry & Art on April 12 at the San Diego Art Institute. Malachi Black is the author of Storm Toward Morning (Copper Canyon Press, 2014), a finalist for the Poetry Society of America’s Norma Farber First Book Award and a selection for the PSA’s New American Poets Series (chosen by…
Jeff Walt
Poet and regional editor of the San Diego Poetry Annual
Lori Walkington
Professor and Revolutionary Poets Brigade poet
Michael Turner-Ortega
Teacher, poet, and Vietnam and Navy veteran
Jeeni Criscenzo
Performance poet, activist and feminist
Shadab Zeest Hashmi @ SDAI Sept. 21
Author, teacher, recipient of the San Diego Book Award and Nazim Hikmet Prize
Julie Corrales @ SDAI Sept. 21
Spoken word poet, advocate for Chicano issues
