[Thespiritexpress] Mendocino Open Mic Poetry

[Susan]

Wish I could be there, Devereaux. However my grandson is graduating and I’ll be with him in San Diego. Have a wonderful meeting .
With Love,
Susan
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> On May 19, 2024, at 5:21 PM, Devreaux via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
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> Dear poets and lovers of poetry,
> Please come to the Mendocino Open Mic Poetry series on Saturday, May 25th, from 4-6 at the Mendocino Art Center, (Barth Studio) and share your work or the work of others.
> The open mic will begin with a featured reader followed by a break and an open mic.
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> The featured reader is Ukiah poet Theresa Whitehill, who is former Poet Laureate for the city of Ukiah (2009–2011; Co-founder of Watershed Poetry Mendocino (2008–2012) and BAM! (Book Arts Mendocino! 2022)  Her books of poetry include “A Grammar of Longing “and “A Natural History of Mill Towns”.  Her poetry and letterpress broadsides are in many national fine press collections including the Getty Center for the Arts, UCLA and Stanford University Special Collections, and the Bancroft Library of UC Berkeley. She is currently on tour with Heavy Lifting, a collaboration with book artist, Felicia Rice, resulting in an artists’ book, a film, and a collection of poetry based on the personal and collective crises of the past years.
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> Feel free to bring poetry books to sell.
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> Copies of Bill Bradd's book of poetry,"Continent of Ghosts" will be available for purchase by San Francisco Publisher, Wild Ocean Press.
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> Looking forward to seeing you there.
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> Devreaux Baker
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