Check out Conversations with Poets, a new local poetry video series sponsored by San Diego Public Library, San Diego Entertainment and Arts Guild, and San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture. Please like and subscribe. Also, hope to see you on the 22nd! Come watch, read, and celebrate this culmination event for SD Poet Laureate…
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Bluestocking Books/SDPA Virtual Reading, Aug. 1
Join author/host Curran Jeffery, SDPA Publisher Anthony Blacksher, and Bluestocking Books’ owner Kris Nelson for our next virtual San Diego Poetry Annual reading on Aug. 1 from 5:00 p.m. to 6::30 p.m. 2020-21 published authors will receive priority, followed by previous SDPA published authors and open mic guest readers. Flier, meeting link, event details, and…
Poet’s Tree Live @ Old Globe & $1,000 Kowit/SDPA Submissions Open!
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…
SDPA June 11 & 18 Open Readings
Calling all poets, SDPA authors, returning poets, and newcomers! The second round of SDPA 2020-21 virtual anthology readings is upon us! We have two dates available, Friday, June 11 and Friday, June 18. Both of these Zoom readings will run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Poets can choose to read at one or both events….
Lee Coulter / Gill Sotu / Michael Klam @ ENA Art Group
Join musician Lee Coulter and poets Gill Sotu and Michael Klam on Saturday, April 10 from 2-4pm at the ENA Art Group showroom, located at 237 Spruce St. Suite B, San Diego, 92103. This National Poetry Month event will celebrate creativity and expression through music, visual art, and written and spoken word. All COVID-19 precautions…
National Poetry Month! SDPA Reading, April 7 at 6:30 p.m.
Join us for our National Poetry Month first reading of the 2020-21 San Diego Poetry Annual. Pre-register for the reading here (to get the Zoom link and general info): Friends of the Library Virtual Author Talk: San Diego Poetry Annual 2020-21 | San Diego Public Library (librarymarket.com) To find out more about the annual, submissions, and…
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…
Natasha Hooper performs at P&A Feb. 22
Natasha Hooper will step in for Jeff Walt, who is unable to perform at Poetry & Art this Friday. We look forward to hosting Jeff at a later date. Check out the videos of Natasha performing below. Natasha Hooper is an international poet, spoken word artist, activist, and host currently residing in San Diego, Calif….
Binh H. Nguyen
Writer and poet, theater reviewer, MFA student and founder of Thru a Soft Tube reading series
Jennifer Minniti-Shippey
Professor and poet, managing editor of Poetry International
Brenda Taulbee
Poet and MFA student
Poetry & Art San Diego 