Friends, I know it’s been a long time since I have posted here! I am moving away from doing event postings in this space and will soon be posting other content. Subscribers to my e-newsletter have continued (and will continue) to receive event postings and other local literary info – […]

Friends, I am so embarrassed to have left out SummerWords in yesterday’s blog post! Forgive me! Especially since the amazing Rita Dove is the SummerWords Keynote! So, let’s try this all again: Spring is definitely in the air! The birds are chirping, the bees are buzzing en masse around my […]

Spring is definitely in the air! The birds are chirping, the bees are buzzing en masse around my lemon tree and its buds, and the days are lengthening, filling me with energy to write! I hope you, too, are feeling the call of your own words. There are so many […]

AWP Seattle was bigger than ever. I heard varying numbers, but the official word is that over 13,000 writers attended the event. Yes! It was definitely overwhelming. There are so many panels, readings and parties going on simultaneously that one can quickly feel lost in the crowd. For example, here […]

    Dear Writers, In a few days, I head north to check in this Wednesday at the 2014 Associated Writing Programs (AWP) annual conference! I am honored to be representing Under the Gum Tree (our locally produced CNF magazine) as well as spreading the word about Sacramento Poetry Center […]

Hey Lovely People! I hope you’ll listen in on what will be a fun conversation with Dr. Andy Jones on his super great radio show, Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour. We’ll be talking about prose poetry, in connection with my upcoming workshop. Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour airs live […]

Dear Writers, I am really excited about the workshop I am offering this winter. Please join me! Kate Compression, Lightness and Agility: Lessons from Prose Poetry for Writers in All Genres NOW: *9* Meetings Wednesday evenings January 22 – March 26, 2014 (no class February 26) As writers, we—like Elizabeth […]

Writer friends, Many of us are aware of (and perhaps participating in) NaNoWriMo, e.g. National Novel Writing Month. You can find that website at  http://nanowrimo.org/. But did you know there are November challenge-themed resources for poets and creative nonfiction writers, too? Thank you to our lovely friend JoAnn Anglin for […]

Dear Friends! It is our good fortune that Tule Review (poetry), Farallon Review (fiction) and Under the Gum Tree (creative nonfiction) are all releasing new issues this month! The Sacramento-and-environs writing community is very lucky to have these publications made right in our own neighborhood. Please consider attending these readings–and […]

Dear Writers, Readers and Friends, Did you miss last night’s kickoff of the new monthly reading series, Stories on Stage Davis? With fabulous performances of work by Michelle Woods and Valerie Fioravanti? Hosted and curated by the boundlessly charming Jeri Howitt, at the mic below? SOS Davis is held upstairs […]