MoSt is excited to announce that California Poet Laureate, Dana Gioia, will be at the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock for a reading and conversation. This event is free and open to all, so please join us for a wonderful evening of poetry. See below for more information:
Our next Board meeting is Thursday, August 3 at 6:30 at Tom Portwood’s home–email info@mostpoetry.org for more information!
Join us for a great reading this Tuesday, August 8 at the Barkin' Dog in downtown Modesto at 6:00. This month's poets are Modesto's own Gordon Preston and William O'Daly. William O’Daly has translated eight books of poetry by Pablo Neruda, all published with Copper Canyon Press. He’ll publish his ninth book of Neruda’s poetry, …
Join us at the Downtown Modesto Library for Delving into a Different Self: Persona Poetry with Linda Scheller. All workshops are FREE TO THE PUBLIC with materials and inspiration provided. Sponsored by Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center and the Stanislaus County Library.
Our Poetry on Sunday quarterly reading series at Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock continues on August 27 at 2 pm–feel free to print and distribute the flyer, available as a PDF right here. Featured readers: Sy Margaret Baldwin was born and raised in the West Midlands of England. Presently she lives in the Sierra of California …
September's 2nd Tuesday Reading Series is on September 12 at 6:00 at the Barkin' Dog! Our featured poets are Erica Goss and Ed Coletti. Erica Goss served as Poet Laureate of Los Gatos, California from 2013-2016. She is the author of Night Court (2014, Pushpen Press) and Vibrant Words: Ideas and Inspirations for Poets (2012, …
