Coffee, Tea, and Poetry Sunday, January 30, 2022 4:00 P. M. (PST) hosted by MoSt Board member/Modesto Poet Laureate Sal Salerno. It’s a very enjoyable chance to share a couple of poems from a new or favorite poetry book you’re reading now while learning about what other poetry folk are reading as you sip your …
The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center is pleased to present the Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Kelly Cressio-Moeller and John Sibley Williams, hosted by Stella Beratlis with an open mic following the featured poets. Tuesday, February 8, 2022 7 pm PST RSVP for Zoom Sign up for open mic (3 mins per reader) Kelly Cressio-Moeller Kelly Cressio-Moeller is …
Join host Gary Thomas and our featured readers Heather Altfeld and Troy Jollimore for the February 13th, 2022 edition of MoSt’s Poetry On Sunday Series readings on Zoom, beginning at 2:00pmPacific Time. Heather Altfeld’s second book of poems, Post Mortem, published in 2021 by Orison Books, was selected by Eric Pankey for …
Dust Bowl Venus by Stella Beratlis (Sixteen Rivers Press, 2021) Join our online discussion of Dust Bowl Venus by Stella Beratlis on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 6:30pm PT. Prior reading is not required. Copies of the book are available to borrow at the circulation desk of the Modesto Stanislaus County Library. To check on …
Danusha Laméris will lead a workshop on Knowing and Not-Knowing: Navigating Certainty and Uncertainty Through Poetic Gesture in the morning. Following a brief break, Gary Thomas will lead an afternoon workshop. Writing is a way of knowing. It asks us to examine memory, certainty, and the possibility of revelation. We will explore how we can …
MoSt is thrilled to host a Zoom reading with Christopher Buckley, Gordon Preston, Lee Herrick, and Sam Pereira, who will talk about and read work from the anthology Naming the Lost: The Fresno Poets. The reading will include poems and excerpts from interviews and essays. With open mic following the featured poets; 3 minutes per …
