Poetry in Ocean: A Celebration of the Sunset, Surf and Sea (Library registration HERE). The ocean inspires, connects, sustains us. Artists, poets, musicians, surfers… beach-goers the world over share a deep admiration and respect for the sea. Poetry in Ocean: A Celebration of the Sunset, Surf and Sea panel and open reading was born of the…
Category: Visual Artist
Happy New Year! SDPA Pushcart Nominations & Summation 14
Happy New Year, and congratulations to our Pushcart Prize nominees from San Diego Poetry Annual! __________________________ I’m headed up to Escondido for the final reading of Summation 14 on Jan. 8 (details below). I’m over the moon to have a poem in the collection and to participate alongside the anthology’s extraordinary artists and poets. Robt…
Author Jon Wesick, Artist Perry Vazquez + Nov. Events: Wandering Words, Poetry Karaoke, Year In Ink, Summation 14
I love Jon Wesick! He is a regional editor of the San Diego Poetry Annual. He has published hundreds of poems and stories in journals such as the Atlanta Review, Berkeley Fiction Review, New Verse News, Paterson Literary Review, Pearl, Pirene’s Fountain, Slipstream, Space and Time, and Tales of the Talisman. Jon is the author of the poetry collections Words of…
2021-22 SDPA Anthologies Now in Print and Online!
Look what just arrived! The 2021-22 San Diego Poetry Annual, Pozol (the bilingual edition of SDPA in English and Spanish), and Kids! SDPA are hot off the presses and now available at every college and university library in the San Diego region. Each edition is also donated to all San Diego public libraries. The books…
Central Library’s Conversations with Poets, hosted by Michael Klam
Watch and learn about the lives of San Diego’s most celebrated poets. These are 30-minute video interviews with questions ranging from writer’s craft to inspirations to performance and publishing. Three interviews have posted so far: Ron Salisbury, Rudy Francisco, and Ted Washington. Coming up next: Sharon Elise, Karla Cordero, Katie Manning, Ying Wu, Jeff Walt,…
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…
Perry Vasquez
Interdisciplinary artist focusing on the U.S./Mexico border region
Mr. Maxx Moses
Community artist, concrete alchemist, graffiti artist
Ted Washington
Artist, poet, writer, performance artist and founder of Puna Press
Anna Zappoli
Artist and writer
Brenda York
Author and painter
Gustavo Zamarripa
Visual artist
Poetry & Art San Diego 