On the 9/19/24 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour:

Denise Hofffner and Sol Valdes call in to discuss their upcoming educational workshop “Pride in the Workplace.” As a former lawyer herself, Hoffner joins the Davis Phoenix Coalition to provide legislative aid and informational resources to LGBTQIA+ persons facing workplace discrimination. Valdes discusses the goals of their organization, which are to engage community, and to eliminate intolerance and hate-related violence. Poetry Night feature Tim Kahl then joins the show to discuss his new book Drips, Spills, Bursts, Tangles, and Washes, which is composed mainly of ten line poems. Kahl shares the inspiration behind all of the sound companion CD’s to his collections, and shares a poem called “The New Electricity.” He then details some of his many creative processes, such as taking newspaper strips, and making poems that talk to each other. Eve Imagine and her husband Paul Imagine are the next guests on the show. Eve shares the lengthy process of writing her debut book Body In Script, which she started drafting in 1999. She then reads an excerpt from the first chapter of the book titled “A Way a Woman Eats.”

Denise Hoffner is an outreach coordinator at the Davis Phoenix Coalition’s CCWOP (California Covid Worker Outreach Project). Sol Valdes is the Office Coordinator for the Davis Phoenix Coalition, and works closely with the organization’s youth group.

Tim Kahl is the author of Possessing Yourself (CW Books, 2009), The Century of Travel (CW Books, 2012), The String of Islands (Dink, 2015), Omnishambles (Bald Trickster, 2019) and Drips, Spills, Bursts, Tangles, and Washes (Cold River Press, 2024). His work has been published in many journals in the U.S. and abroad. He is also editor of Clade Song. He is the vice president and events coordinator of The Sacramento Poetry Alliance. He plays flutes, guitars, ukuleles, charangos and cavaquinhos. He currently teaches at California State University.

Eve Imagine is a UC Davis MFA graduate and has been teaching as an adjunct English professor at Sacramento City College since 2004. She is a former high school teacher and also serves as a mentor for students at SCC, along with her teaching.

The Poetry Night Reading Series is excited to feature an evening with poets Tana Jean Welch and Tim Kahl at 7 PM on Thursday, September 19th, 2024, on the first floor of the John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street in Davis.

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On the 9/4/24 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour:

Yolo County poet Joseph Finkleman calls in to discuss two-voice poems. He describes the process behind these poems, stating that he utilizes the tension between different speakers as a tool in his art making. Finkleman states that he uses dialogic traits, such as the ways couples finish each other's sentences, to inspire his poetic practices. He then shares a poem, “The Sacred Plans of Small Spaces” which was a fan favorite at the Natsoulas Gallery. Laura Renee Frautso is the next guest, and discusses her experience as a returning fellow at Creature Conserve. She describes the interdisciplinary work she does at Creature Conserve, which entails developing the organization's writing community. Frautso also describes the peer-review process that the magazine goes through, which synthesizes what one would expect from a poetry workshop and the scientific referring process. She then describes her participation in the Ohio Chapter of ArtsVote, where she tries to create networks that encourage individuals to vote.

Joseph Finkleman was born in Hollywood California. He graduated with a BFA and a MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. He has studied literature in German, Spanish, Portuguese and English. He has been a Spoken Word Poet for 30+ years. He and his wife Susan Finkleman have one chapbook of their two-voice poetry Picture Cloud Quilt/ Torn Silk by Rattlesnake Press. They have two CDs of professionally recorded poems. Finkleman is a visual artist, having been in 117 exhibitions spanning the last fifty-six years. In 2023 he finished his first graphic novel Happy Tooth. He has written librettos for chamber opera, A Blank Page and You Who Know.

Lauren Renee Frausto is a poet, editor, educator, and project manager. Her professional background is in motion graphics and publishing, and her academic background is in science literature and science writing. Her current research and creative writing focus on the use of metaphor in wildlife conservation science communication. You can find her writing in Cola Literary Review, Consilience Art and Science Journal, New Plains Review, and Raw Art Review.

The Poetry Night Reading Series, taking place on first and third Thursdays of the month at 7 PM, is generously supported by the people and poets of the Sacramento Valley, by John Natsoulas, and by Thea and the other members of the staff at the John Natsoulas Gallery. Your host will be Dr. Andy Jones, the poet laureate emeritus of the City of Davis.

Find out more about Dr. Andy's Poetry Night Reading Series in Davis, California by visiting http://www.poetryindavis.com. Invite your friends to sign up for the mailing list. To learn more about Dr. Andy’s tiny media fiefdom, visit his weekly newsletter at https://andyjones.substack.com.

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On the 9/4/24 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour:
Joshua McKinney phones in to express his gratitude for having won Gunpowder Press’s John Ridland Poetry Prize. He describes the vision and meaning behind the artwork on the cover of his new book Sad Animal. McKinney then shares a sonnet titled “American Idiom” before discussing his schedule as a retired professor. Susan Kelly-DeWitt joins next and shares her praise for Gunpowder Press’s recent publications. She speaks about her longstanding involvement in the Sacramento Poetry Scene. Kelly-DeWitt also talks about the craft of her new release Frangible Operas. She then shares a poem about her upbringing in Oahu, “After the War.” before sharing the intricacies of her writing processes.

Joshua McKinney’s fifth book of poetry, Sad Animal (Gunpowder Press, 2024), was the recipient of the John Ridland Poetry Prize. His work has appeared in such journals as Boulevard, Denver Quarterly, Kenyon Review, New American Writing, and many others. He is co-editor of the online ecopoetics journal, Clade Song.

Susan Kelly-DeWitt is the author of The Fortunate Islands (Marick Press, 2008), Spider Season (Cold River Press, 2016), Gravitational Tug (Main Street Rag Publishers, 2020), Gatherers’ Alphabet (Gunpowder Press, 2022), and, most recently, Frangible Operas (Gunpowder Press, 2024). Earlier collections include A Camellia for Judy (Frith Press, 1998), Feather’s Hand (Swan Scythe Press, 2000), To A Small Moth (Poet’s Corner Press, 2001), Susan Kelly-DeWitt’s Greatest Hits (Pudding House, 2003), The Land (Rattlesnake Press, 2005), The Book of Insects (Spruce Street Press, 2003) and Cassiopeia Above the Banyan Tree (Rattlesnake Press, 2007) and an illustrated short story The Audience (Uptown Books, 2007). Her work has been included in many national and regional anthologies including The Autumn House Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry (Autumn House Press), When She Named Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women (Autumn House Press), In Whatever Houses We May Visit: An Anthology of Poems That Have Inspired Physicians (American College of Physicians) and Claiming the Spirit Within: A Sourcebook of Women’s Poetry (Beacon Press). Her poems have appeared in Poetry, Prairie Schooner, New Letters, North American Review and many others. Susan has been the recipient of a Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University, The Chicago Literary Award from Another Chicago Magazine, the Bazzanella Award for Short Fiction and a number of Pushcart nominations.

The Poetry Night Reading Series is excited to feature an evening with poets Joshua McKinney and Susan Kelly-DeWitt at 7 PM on Thursday, September 5th, 2024, on the first floor of the John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street in Davis.

Find out more about Dr. Andy's Poetry Night Reading Series in Davis, California by visiting http://www.poetryindavis.com. Invite your friends to sign up for the mailing list. To learn more about Dr. Andy’s tiny media fiefdom, visit his weekly newsletter at https://andyjones.substack.com.

Find out more about Dr. Andy's Poetry Night Reading Series in Davis, California by visiting http://www.poetryindavis.com. Invite your friends to sign up for the mailing list. To learn more about Dr. Andy’s tiny media fiefdom, visit his weekly newsletter at https://andyjones.substack.com and follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/andyojones.