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Why Publishing Poetry Matters
Why publishing poetry matters. Read story.
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April Is Poetry Month (tks)
April is poetry month. Read story.
The Winners of the 2008 Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Awards
A Light by Which We See
Fourteen years ago, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF), an international, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 1982 and headquartered in Santa Barbara, initiated a worldwide poetry contest “to encourage poets to explore and illuminate positive visions of peace and the human spirit.” Read story.
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Poet and Memoirist Diana Raab’s Muse: Anaïs Nin
Poet and memoirist Diana Raab’s muse: Anaïs Nin. Read story.
The Poems of Lois Brown Klein and Rebecca Foust
Through the Fire
With summer comes fire: fires of raging destruction, and fires that ignite growth and renewal. Read story.
UCSB Prof. Publishes Research on Man-Made Black Holes
Paper Touts Basic Physics Research, Refutes Fears About World Ending
Paper touts basic physics research, refutes fears about world ending. Read story.
Coyotes and Canoes
Neal Crosbie’s Message
When I asked Neal Crosbie which came first in his show, Message, at Art Resources — the paintings or the poetry — his eyes twinkled. Read story.
Poet Laureate Charles Simic Shares His Latest Book
That Little Something
UCSB Arts & Lectures and the UCSB Libraries are honored to present the 15th Poet Laureate of the United States, Charles Simic. Read story.
Everything’s Coming Up Poetry
Santa Barbara is celebrating National Poetry Month all April in grand style. Read story.
Philip Levine’s Latest Collection, Breath
The Inuit root word anerca means both to breathe and to make poetry. Read story.
David Oliveira Visits Santa Barbara
Return of the Laureate
The Santa Barbara poetry community is thrilled to announce the visit of much-loved and respected poet David Oliveira. Read story.
James P. Lenfestey Featured at Santa Barbara Poetry Series
Whimsical and Wise
The second Santa Barbara Poetry Series of the season welcomes Minneapolis poet James P. Lenfestey, cofounder of the Ojai Poetry Festival, as he makes his way around Southern California to promote his latest book, A Cartload of Scrolls: 100 Poems in the Manner of T’ang Dynasty Poet Han-shan (Holy Cow! Press, 2007). Read story.
The Poetry of Peace (and War)
December’s darkness leads us inward. We light candles and turn our thoughts to peace, taking a small break from all the chaos. Almost everyone becomes a poet, reaching out to others with words. “Poetry is an act of peace,” wrote Pablo Neruda, a statement David Krieger quotes in his preface to The Poetry of Peace (Capra Press, 2003), a collection of the winning poems from the first seven years of the Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Awards, sponsored by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation of Santa Barbara. Read story.
Paul Portugés on The Body Electric Journal and Cin(e)-Poetry
Driving to meet Paul Portugés on a cool Sunday afternoon, I noticed a fan of birds opening wide, then closing, and taking off again, and thought — a metaphor for Portugés’s words in his new book of poetry, The Body Electric Journal (Plain View Press, 2007). Read story.
Poet Ellen Chavez Kelley and Photographer Patricia Clarke Collaborate
Artistic Correspondents
Thirty years ago, two women met in a childcare co-op, and struck up a friendship. They often talked about their creative impulses, and daydreamed about one day starting an artistic collaboration. Thus began an alliance that has spanned decades, and expanded and nurtured their art. Read story.
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