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Poetry Connection: Connecting with Paintings by Patricia Chidlaw (opens the original)
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When David Starkey asked if I would contribute a poem to an anthology celebrating the work of Patricia Chidlaw, I immediately said yes, but choosing which painting to write about was hard. In fact, I misread his email and chose three of her paintings. It was easy to get carried away. I wrote three ekphrastic poems for the project. On closer look, and after realizing the original request said each poet could choose no more than three poems, my two poems in the anthology are after Chidlaw’s Red Sh
Poetry Connection | Connecting with South Asian Poets (opens the original)
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Ever since she invited me to a Diwali celebration at her home, I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know poet and scholar Monica Mody. It was my first time celebrating the Hindu Festival of Lights holiday. Mody explained that she missed home and spending the holiday with family. She knows what it is like to search for and create new forms of support and community. On Sunday, she will be in conversation with Serena Chopra at Chaucer’s Books at 4 p.m. Mody is excited about the opportunity to be a g
Poetry Connection: The Alta California Poetry Prize, a Collaborative Feat (opens the original)
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On Wednesday, August 19, the Santa Barbara Public Library will host this year’s winner of the Alta California Chapbook Prize. Santa Barbara’s ninth Poet Laureate, Emma Trelles, dreamed up the prize and helped sponsor the publication of the bilingual poetry chapbook and cash prize through a prestigious award that she received as an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. As part of her Academy Fellowship year, Trelles promoted and funded the poetry of Latinx writers through the Alta California
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