WEALTH OF IDEAS

Last night I had the priviledge and honor to host my colleagues Lisa Dominquez Abraham and Dennis Hock at the Sacramento Poetry Center. They are fine poets who sculpt words with care. Here are a few images. Lisa reading some of her new work. Her published work is entitled Low Notes , published by Sacramento's very own Red Wing Press. Fellow poets at Dennis and Lisa's reading. Dennis Hock: he read from The Secret Cup and from a folder containing new pieces.

This blog will be featuring specials on poetry in April. I will be posting book reviews, poet interviews and more coverage of poetry events. I will be hosting a second Monday poetry reading at the Sacramento Poetry Center, featuring local poets Dennis Hock and Lisa Dominguez Abrahams, who are also my colleagues at Cosumnes River College. Lisa appeared in the premier issue of Munyori Literary Journal , back when it was Munyori Poetry Journal; you can see the interview I did with her by clicking on Lisa Dominguez Abraham . Dennis Hock has a book that came out last year, which I will try to review before the reading (so much stuff to review, but it's all good). So maybe on April 1st, I will feaure an interview with Sacramento poet and artist, Jennifer Pickering. I talked with her today and she thought the idea was fantastic. National Public Radio will be featuring her art at their Sac State Center. Plans are underway to interview Julia Connor, the current Sacramento Poet Laureate. I k...