WEALTH OF IDEAS

This information has been compiled by Sacramento writer and instructor, Kate Asche. So many writing opportunities in the Sacramento Area. Enjoy: Learn to write at I Street Press, at Sacramento Public Library! Sacramento Library is pleased to be taking registrations for all winter 2012 writing classes! At I Street Press, you can write at many different Library locations in classes with the Sacramento area’s best writers and teachers. Teaching artists include Elaine Corn, David Watts Barton, Valerie Fioravanti, Jennifer Basye Sander, Jane Gassner, and many others. Topics include self-publishing, blogging, journalism, creative writing, editing, publishing contract law and more! And—did you know free scholarships are available? For full details, visit www.saclibrary.org/istreet and click on “Write.” Register and pay for classes online. Classes start this Tuesday, January 10, 2012! For more info, check out these media appearances: Library Director Rivkah Sass and ...

The following message was submitted by Tim Kahl, Events coordinator and Vice-President of the SPC Board: Presents 30th Anniversary Event for the Sacramento Poetry Center Monday, October 26 at 7:30 PM 1719 25th Street at HQ for the Arts The Sacramento Poetry Center - Sacramento's center for the literary arts since 1979, marks its anniversary with the release of Keepers of the Flame: The First 30 Years . Keepers , published by Rattlesnake Press, was collected and edited by Mary Zeppa, Kate Asche, and Emmanuel Sigauke. “Our goal is to give the reader a series of glimpses into the first 30 years of the Sacramento Poetry Center. Think of it as the in-print version of a highlight reel, brought to on-paper life by the remarkable generosity and amazing tech savvy of Photographer Charlie McComish and Graphic Designer Richard Hansen.” It’s going to be a festive night, a relax...

The event was inspiring. I read a Dambudzo Marechera poem first, followed by mine. Then I got to introduce other performers. Well-attended event. For those who may not know the full story, Bob is the newly-installed Sacramento Poet Laureate, who is also the president of the Sacramento Poetry Board, which I am part of. Actually, it was Bob who introduced me to the Sacramento poetry commmunity since I had lived in the city for ten years without participating in poetry events. We were colleagues at Sacramento City College, and one day we started talking and I mentioned something to the effect that I scribbled poetry ( I was seriously putting together my collection), then he told me about the Sacramento Poetry Center, invited me to attend an event. I soon realized I had found an artistic home. More details about the event have been covered by Kate Asche on her blog .

Workshop participants during the final Saturday panel discussion by the faculty. Kate Asche, I, and William O'Daly, during the lunch break. Kate is a member of the SPC board, and Bill is the Neruda translator. I bought one of his translations, World's End. another Asche, Sigauke, O'Daly pic. I think these three photos are different, if you look closely. Workshop presenters. Front row, from left to right: Camille Dungy, Camille Norton, and Susan Kelly-DeWitt. Back: from right to left, San Francisco-based poet Matthew Zapruder and a workshop participant. Left to right: Susan Kelly-DeWitt, Matthew Zapruder, Camille Dungy, Indigo Moor, Camille Norton. This was at the end of the workshop.