Category Archives: San Mateo County

Antonio de Jesús López has received scholarships to attend the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley, Tin House, the Vermont Studio Center, and Bread Loaf. He is a proud member of the Macondo Writers Workshop and a CantoMundo Fellow. He holds degrees from Duke University, Rutgers-Newark, the University of Oxford, and Stanford University. His workContinue reading “Antonio de Jesús López”

Ida J. Lewenstein is a retired English-as-a-Second-Language instructor of some 22 years who wears several hats. She has written many poems, chants and rhymes to reinforce, in a fun way, the structures she was teaching. Some of these have worked their way into imaginative story poems for children. She is a long-standing member of theContinue reading “Ida J. Lewenstein”

Monica Korde is the Poet Laureate of Belmont, California and currently hosts the monthly open mic series Belmont Poetry Night. She has been one of the three judges for the Fourth Annual San Mateo County Poetry Out Loud competition and has also co-judged the First Annual WordSlam Youth Poetry Contest. Her poetry has appeared online in The New Verse News, FiloliContinue reading “Monica Korde”

Maurine Killough is a guided imagery practitioner and hypnotherapist, as well as an award-winning poet. Her publications include “Aparagraha” published on the Sonoma Fire Wall and poems in several editions of The Fault Zone, The Diploemat (2nd place in the Great War to End all War Contest), Poems from Conflicted Hearts by Tayen Lane PublishingContinue reading “Maurine Killough”

Jasmeen Karan is a 33-year native of the Bay Area and was born and raised in San Mateo, California. The daughter of first-generation Indo-Fijian immigrants, (Asian and Pacific Islanders), Jasmeen is the descendant of indentured laborers from the Fiji Islands. A first-generation college graduate, she earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) from California State University,Continue reading “Jasmeen Karan”

Caroline Goodwin moved from Alaska to the San Francisco Area to attend Stanford as a Wallace Stegner Fellow in poetry. Her seven books of poetry are woven into the natural world. Her most recent collections are Old Snow, White Sun (JackLeg Press), Madrigals (Big Yes Press), and Matanuska (Aquifer Press, Wales, UK). She lives on the San Mateo coast with herContinue reading “Caroline Goodwin”

Jeannine Gerkman, Author, Poet, Realtor, is the author of Spring (a sun-drenched picture book) and creator of numerous light-hearted poems. Her next project, Armadillos Amble, is an illustrated children’s picture book featuring 26 animals in alphabetical order doing things matching their letter (that rhymes!). Check her out at authorpoetrealtor.blog. Poems NAPTIME Let’s snuggle together withContinue reading “Jeannine Gerkman”

Paul Fericano is a poet, satirist, social activist, and editor/publisher of Yossarian Universal News Service, the nation’s first parody news syndicate, founded in 1980. His poetry and satires have appeared in numerous publications and media outlets in the United States and abroad since 1971, including The Realist, The Best American Poetry, Saturday Night Live, The New York Quarterly, Mother Jones, 2Continue reading “Paul Fericano”

Sanderson Dean is an Emmy-award winning writer in the wonderful world of entertainment advertising.  From NYC to LA, he’s worked on thousands of movies, tv shows, and video games for numerous movie studios, television networks, and advertising agencies. And after more than 20 years in the business, it’s a safe bet you’ve seen, heard, or readContinue reading “Sanderson Dean”

Hilary Cruz Mejia (she/her/ella) is a Latinx poet and activist from the coastal waters of Guatemala. Her work has appeared in MiGoZine (an imprint of Paloma Press), Portside Magazine, and in the Lesbians Are Miracles Magazine. Hilary’s transition to the U.S. as a lesbian, immigrant, and first-generation college student has been presented in her poetry whereContinue reading “Hilary Cruz Mejia”