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Tebot
Bach Poetry Readings in Huntington Beach
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Location: Golden West College, Community Room, 15744 Golden West St.,
Huntington Beach, CA
One of Southern California's premier poetry clubs, Tebot Bach has created a
group that has not only gotten a grant to publish the works of homeless
people, their membership has published several books and continue to excel
in the art of the spoken and written word. If you are a poetry fan,
each month's events are top notch. Don't miss them!
Tebot Bach Brings DAVID ST. JOHN
to the Ruskin Art Museum
FEBRUARY 11, 2012 WORKSHOP
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
9-9:30 Continental Breakfast
9:30- 12:30 Morning lecture and
discussion
12:30 Lunch
1:45 Afternoon Critique Session
Registration Procedure follows
the workshop description
Workshop Description:
The morning session of our workshop will
focus on the stunning poetry of
the remarkable poet and fiction
writer Denis Johnson. One of
America's most distinguished
novelists and story writers,
Denis Johnson is the author of
many books, including his
National Book Award winning
novel, Tree of Smoke, and the
superb story collection, Jesus's
Son (the movie's pretty good
too). His most recent book,
Train Dreams, received a rave
review in The New York Times
Book Review.
But many have forgotten that he
began his writing life as a
poet, and his poems rank among
the finest poems of his
generation. In anticipation of
Denis Johnson's upcoming visit
to Los Angeles, and his reading
at USC for The Masters in
Professional Writing Program on
Wednesday February, 15th, 2012,
I wanted you to have an
opportunity to become more
familiar with Denis's poetry.
Please order his book: The
Throne of the Third Heaven of
the Nations Millennium General
Assembly: Poems Collected and
New.
As always, bring in 30 copies of
a poem by Denis Johnson for the
morning session and 30 copies of
a poem of your own for the
afternoon session.
To register, email Mifanwy
Kaiser at mifanwy@tebotbach.org
to let her know and to receive
further instructions. Send a
check for $95 to:
Mifanwy Kaiser
Tebot Bach
Box 7887
Huntington Beach, CA 92646
PAST POETS
Marcia Cohee Book Release
Marcia Cohee received her MFA
from the University of
Massachusetts, where she studied
under James Tate. She is the
author of six chapbooks as well
as three previous collections:
"Sexual Terrain" (1986), "Laguna
Canyon Was Once a River" (1991),
and "Bonefire" (1996). More than
250 of her poems have appeared
in various literary magazines
and anthologies. Active in the
Southern California poetry
community for many years, Marcia
has taught workshops in both
poetry and fiction, and has read
at numerous veunes throughout
California. With her husband
Pat, Marcia co-hosted the Laguna
Poets readings and edited the
Laguna Poets chapbook series,
known for nurturing the careers
of many talented Southern
California poets.
Carine Topal
Carine Topal, teaches in Los Angeles. Since 1982, she has anthologized the
poetry of special needs children.
She participated in California Poets in the Schools. She was the
Poet-in-Residence for the city of Manhattan Beach and Poet-in-Education for
Manhattan Beach elementary schools. In 1994, her first collection of poetry,
God As Thief, was published by The Amagansett Press. Her work has appeared
in Water-Stone, Caliban, The Best of the Prose Poem, Pacific Review, and
many other journals throughout the U.S. and Canada. In 2004, she was
nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and in 2005, awarded a residency at
Hedgebrook, as well as a fellowship in St. Petersburg, Russia.
She is the recipient of numerous poetry awards, including the Jane Kenyon
Poetry Prize, the 2007 Robert G. Cohn Prose Poetry Award from California
Arts and Letters, with a special edition chapbook, Bed of Want, recently
published by Black Zinnias. Most recently, Carine was awarded the 2008
Excellence in Arts Award from the Cultural Arts Commission of Torrance.
She moved to Jerusalem, Israel in the 1970's, where she worked with
Palestinian merchants, traveling to villages and towns in the West Bank and
Bethlehem. She was also employed by the Office of Assimilation, in a small
town outside Jerusalem, working with Moroccan Jews. She then lived in
Germany on the American army base in Heidelberg.
K ate Buckley, Laguna Beach, has served as the
Executive Vice President for Castello Cities Internet Network since 1998.
Kate Buckley's poems may be seen in The Heartland Review, New Southerner,
The North American Review, Slipstream, and Spillway, and in the book, Tide
Pools, an Anthology of Orange County Poetry. Kate has two books forthcoming
for 2008: A Wild Region: Poems & Paintings (Moon Tide Press) and a
full-length book, Follow Me Down, to be released in the latter part of 2008
by Tebot Bach. She was a finalist for the 2007 Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize,
winner of the 2007 Gabehart Prize for Imaginative Writing for poetry, and
winner of the 2008 North American Review's James Hearst Poetry Prize
selected by Molly Peacock. Buckley is a long standing member of Laguna
Poets, founder of Women Poets of Laguna, and conducts workshops.
Multi-talented, Buckley's paintings are privately
collected and have been published in journals such as The Adirondack Review
and purchased by such entities as The American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants (Board of Directors Invitation 2005). Buckley's paintings are
available for purchase and she currently accepts commissions.
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