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Poets Crawleate at Lit Crawl
Poets Crawleate: Bay Area Poet Laureates Represent! Sat Oct 22nd 5:00pm – 6:00pm at The Chapel, 777 Valencia St, San Francisco Come hear six Bay Area poet laureates from the East Bay, Peninsula, South Bay, and San Francisco share their poetry and enchant you with their words. Featuring Santa Clara County Poet Laureate Tshaka Menelik…
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American Poets
Very special thanks to Jen Benka for quoting my poem in her Letter in the Fall-Winter 2022 issue of American Poets! (My poem is part of the Laureate Fellows’ Collaborative Poem that is also featured in the issue.) This is bittersweet as Jen is transitioning out of her role as President & Executive Director of…
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Filipino American Book Festival
SIXTH FILIPINO AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVALHiraya/Emergence: Writing Towards the Future Main Branch, San Francisco Public Library100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA Join us for a celebration of Filipino/a/x literature. Readings, book signings, panels, and workshops with over 40 Filipino/a/x writers (including Paloma Press authors Lara Stapleton & Barbara Jane Reyes). All events are free. The…
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Burlingame Youth Poet Laureate
The search for Burlingame’s first Youth Poet Laureate begins At first glance, the contest to become Burlingame and Hillsborough’s first Youth Poet Laureate (YPL) appears to be just another creative writing competition for teens. But in order to “win,” applicants must have more than poetic flair. “You don’t necessarily need to be good at poetry,”…
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Banned Books Week at Skyline
What: Reading & Discussion: Writers under Attack: Salman Rushdie, Banned Books, and Freedom of Expression (in-person event) When: Thursday, September 29, 2022, 2:00pm – 3:00pm Where: Skyline College Library, Building 5, 2nd floor Who: Students, staff and faculty are all welcome What: Bring a book to read from, an experience to share, or just listen in. (Students: Encourage your professor to…
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Filoli’s Vegetable Garden
Today I facilitated a Vegetable Garden Activity at Filoli! I created short prompts and invited families and kids to walk around and write down words that inspired them. I then helped the kids turn their words into a poem. Here’s the template and sample poems created by the participants: VEGETABLE GARDEN FIELD NOTES Activity: Describe…
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Borrowed Tongue
August 27, 2022, 7pmBorrowed Tongue: New Writings From Filipinx and Latinx Poets Language, commerce and colonial history once connected the world’s original global cities of Manila, Madrid and Mexico City. This reading explores how poets in the Filipinx and Latinx diasporas refigure identity and rediscover kinship in a multicultural and postcolonial world. Featuring poets Josiah…
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Aileen Cassinetto 