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Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Lynn Hansen, Richard Robbins, and Thomas Mitchell

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Join the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center as we present poets Lynn Hansen, Richard Robbins, and Thomas Mitchell in a free on-line poetry reading hosted by Gillian Wegener. ABOUT LYNN HANSEN Lynn M. Hansen is a retired Modesto Junior College professor of marine biology. A member of the Ina Coolbrith Circle, Orinda, CA; MoSt Poetry Center, Modesto; …

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Poetry Writing Workshop

Stanislaus County Library 1500 I Street, Modesto, CA, United States

Please join us in the Modesto Library's Makerspace on Saturday, June 24, 2023 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. for "Questions, Lies, & Repetition," a poetry writing workshop facilitated by Linda Scheller. Participants will read, discuss, and write poetry in this free, in-person workshop open to the public. All ages are welcome, and no prior poetry …

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Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Aideed Medina and Ramón García

Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center presents Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Aideed Medina and Ramón García, hosted by Stella Beratlis Date: Tuesday, July 11, 2023 Time: 7:00 pm PST on Zoom--RSVP required: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYld-CrrzIiE9f-nC5FZF4UnTu3ZCbULvXC. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Open mic: 3 mins per poet, follows the featured readers. Open mic …

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Free Poetry Workshop–Playing with our ABC’s: Poetry Using the Alphabet as Structure

Stanislaus County Library 1500 I Street, Modesto, CA, United States

Please join us in the Modesto Library Auditorium for "Playing with our ABC's: Poetry Using the Alphabet as Structure," a poetry writing workshop facilitated by Gillian Wegener. This workshop will focus on using the alphabet as structure for new poems. We'll try our hand at abecedarians, observational alphabet poems, and dictionary poems. Walk-ins welcome.

July Book Club: FELON by Reginald Dwayne Betts

Stanislaus County Library 1500 I Street, Modesto, CA, United States

Please join at the Modesto Library to discuss Felon: Poems by Reginald Dwayne Betts. Copies of the book are available at the check-out desk of the Modesto Library, courtesy of Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center. Facilitated by Tina Marie Curiel-Vega.