Cynthia Bryant was the Poetry Coordinator for Alameda County Fair in 2004 and in 2005. In June 2005 she was appointed the 4th Poet Laureate of Pleasanton and served until June 2007. Later, after returning to Pleasanton, Cynthia Bryant was appointed the 7th Poet Laureate serving 2011-2013. Published in over 50 anthologies, Cynthia’s poetry books Sojourn, PebblesContinue reading “Cynthia Bryant”
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Kim Shuck
Kim Shuck was born in San Francisco, California, and is a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. She received a BA in Art and an MFA in Textiles from San Francisco State University. Shuck is the author of Deer Trails, forthcoming from City Lights Books in October 2019), Clouds Running In (Taurean Horn Press, 2014), Rabbit Stories (Poetic Matrix Press,Continue reading “Kim Shuck”
Iris Jamahl Dunkle
Iris Jamahl Dunkle is an award-winning literary biographer, essayist, and poet. Her academic and creative work challenges the Western myth of progress by examining the devastating impact that agriculture and over-population have had, and continue to have, on the North American West. Taking an ecofeminist bent, her writing also challenges the American West’s male-oriented recorded historyContinue reading “Iris Jamahl Dunkle”
Cathy Dana
Cathy Dana is the 2017-2020 Alameda Poet Laureate and president of Alameda Island Poets. She regularly leads two workshops at the Home of Truth, and facilitates “Storytelling Swap” at the Frank Bette Center for the Arts. She also teaches creative writing at Alameda Community Learning Center, where she began the Mighty Pens teen poetry group,Continue reading “Cathy Dana”
Portola Valley First Graders
This collaborative poem by Portola Valley First Graders appeared in the anthology, I Have a Dream: Inaugural Poems for a New Generation (2021). Poem on Belonging WOODLAND POEM You can put anything on the magic paper Shining sun Pollen for bugs Flying in the water Eating fish Cold yummy Ice cream I love watermelons OnContinue reading “Portola Valley First Graders”
Abigale Wee
Abigale Wee was a freshman in high school when she won first place in the inaugural countywide 2020 Housing Leadership Council Youth Poetry & Art Competition. Poem on Belonging GROWING HOME There’s a certain endearment About the black and white tiles on the floor of Toy Boat Dessert Cafe, the lingering smell of coffee, theContinue reading “Abigale Wee”
Jescent Marcelino
Jescent Marcelino immigrated from the Philippines in 2019. She is the first runner up in the 2021 Inaugural Daly City Youth Poet Laureate and 2022 San Mateo County Poetry Out Loud competitions. Her work has appeared in the anthology, I Have a Dream: Inaugural Poems for a New Generation. She has also been featured inContinue reading “Jescent Marcelino”
I Have a Dream
I Have a Dream: Inaugural Poems for a New Generation, an anthology featuring the work of 115 students ages 6 to 16, was released on January 9, 2021, nine days before MLK Day and 11 days before Inauguration, with support from the San Mateo County Arts Commission and Office of Arts & Culture Executive DirectorContinue reading “I Have a Dream”
Maya Khosla
Maya Khosla is a wildlife biologist and served as the Poet Laureate of Sonoma County from 2018 to 2020. Her Legacies Project brought Sonoma poets and students together in film. Her poems have been featured in documentary films, nominated for Pushcart Prizes and featured in The Literary Review, River Teeth, Poem, and other journals. Her books are All theContinue reading “Maya Khosla”
Jing Jing Yang
Jing Jing Yang is the first immigrant Cupertino Poet Laureate (2020 – 2022), a grand winner of the city-wide Celebrate Creativity Poetry Contest 2017, with her poem “Logograph” in memory of her grandfather, Yang Shuda (the master philologist of Chinese language and a mentor of Mao Zedong). Her English and Chinese writings have been featured inContinue reading “Jing Jing Yang “
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